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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *braudą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-.
Noun
*braud m
- bread
Inflection
| Masculine a-stem
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Singular
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*braud
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| Genitive
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*braudas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*braud
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*braudō, *braudōs
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| Accusative
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*braud
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*braudā
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| Genitive
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*braudas
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*braudō
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| Dative
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*braudē
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*braudum
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| Instrumental
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*braudu
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*braudum
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Descendants
- Old English: brēad, brēod
- Middle English: bred, bredd, brede, breed, breede, breid, brid, bread, bræd, bryad, bryead
- Old Frisian: brād
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: braud
- Karrharder: brüdj
- Helgoland: Brooad
- Mooring: brüüdj
- Nordergoesharder: bruud
- Sylt: Bruar
- Wiedingharder: bruuid
- Saterland Frisian: Brood
- West Frisian: brea
- Old Saxon: brōd
- Old Dutch: *brōt
- Old High German: brōt, prōt, prooth, *brōd — northern variant