Proto-Germanic

*brōduz

‘brood’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *brōduz.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *brōduz, most familiar first.

• breed ← breden ← brēdan ← *brōdijan ← *brōdijaną
• breeding ← bredynge ← breden ← brēdan ← *brōdijan
• brood ← brōd

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *brōduz