Proto-West Germanic

*berht

‘bright’

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

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *berht, most familiar first.

• bright ← berht
• brightly ← brightliche ← beorhtlice ← beorht

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *berht