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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Adjective edit

brēd[1]

  1. broad, wide

Inflection edit

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms edit

Descendants edit

  • 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 edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “breed”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ brēt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012