Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/braidiþō

This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *braidaz +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbrɑi̯.ði.θɔː/

Noun

*braidiþō f

breadth

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *braidiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*braidiþō	*braidiþôz
vocative	*braidiþō	*braidiþôz
accusative	*braidiþǭ	*braidiþōz
genitive	*braidiþōz	*braidiþǫ̂
dative	*braidiþōi	*braidiþōmaz
instrumental	*braidiþō	*braidiþōmiz

Related terms

*braidį̄

Descendants

Note: The West Germanic forms listed are late and may be analogical formations based on descendants of *langiþō, *hauhiþō, etc.; West Germanic languages (including Old English and Old Dutch) otherwise use reflexes of *braidį̄ instead.

Old English:
- Middle English: bredthe (late)
  - English: breadth
  - Scots: breedth, breeth
Old Saxon: *brēditha
- Middle Low German:
  - Low German: Breddt, Breddte
Old Dutch: *brēditha
- Middle Dutch: brêedte
  - Dutch: breedte
Old Norse: breidd
- Icelandic: breidd
- Faroese: breidd
- Norwegian Nynorsk: breidd, breidde (influenced by Danish and Bokmål)
- Old Swedish: brēd
  - Swedish: bredd
- Danish: bredde
  - Norwegian: bredde

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