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Reconstruction:Old Dutch/bred

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Adjective

brēd[1]

  1. broad, wide

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: brêet
    • Dutch: breed
      • Afrikaans: breed
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: brete
      • Negerhollands: breed
      • → Caribbean Javanese: bradi (via Sranan Tongo)
      • → West Frisian: breed
    • Limburgish: breid
    • Zealandic: breêd

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “breed”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. “brēt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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