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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *braid.

Adjective

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*brēd[1]

  1. broad, wide

Inflection

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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

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Descendants

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  • 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

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  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
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