English
embraid
From em- + braid.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēḱ-
Proto-Germanic *bregdaną ‘to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch,…’
Proto-West Germanic *bregdan ‘to move back and forth’
Old English breġdan ‘to move quickly, pull, shake, swing, throw…’
Middle English braiden
English braid
Today it means
verb To braid up, to plait.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / embraid