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

1. 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