Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/braud

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *braudą.

Noun

*braud m

bread

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	braud, brauda
Genitive	*braudas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	braud, brauda	*braudōs
Accusative	braud, brauda	*braudā
Genitive	*braudas	*braudō
Dative	*braudē	*braudum
Instrumental	*braudu	*braudum

Descendants

Old English: brēad, brēod
- Middle English: bred, bredd, brede, breed, breede, breid, brid, bread, bræd (Early Middle English), bryad, bryead (Kent)
  - English: bread (see there for further descendants)
    Geordie: breed
    West Riding: breead
  - Scots: breid
  - Yola: breed
Old Frisian: brād
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: bruad
  Karrharder: brüdj
  Helgoland: Brooad
  Mooring: brüüdj
  Nordergoesharder: bruud
  Sylt: Bruar
  Wiedingharder: bruuid
- Saterland Frisian: Brood
- West Frisian: brea
Old Saxon: brōd
- Middle Low German: brôt
  - Low German: Brod
    - German Low German: Brod, Brood, Broot, Brot, Bräot
  - Plautdietsch: Broot
Old Dutch: *brōt
- Middle Dutch: brôot
  - Dutch: brood
    - Afrikaans: brood
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: broto
    - Jersey Dutch: brôt
    - Negerhollands: brood, brot
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: brot
    - → Ambonese Malay: brot
    - → Manado Malay: brot
  - Limburgish: broed
Old High German: brōt, prōt, prooth, *brōd — northern variant
- Middle High German: brōt, brōd
  - Alemannic German: Brot
    - Italian Walser: brot, broud, bruat, bròt, bröt
  - Bavarian: Brout, proat
    - Cimbrian: proat, pròat (Sette Comuni)
    - Mòcheno: proat
  - Central Franconian: Brot
    - Hunsrik: Brod
    - Luxembourgish: Brout
  - German: Brot
  - Pennsylvania German: Brot
  - Vilamovian: brūt
  - Yiddish: ברויט (broyt)