Etymology

braird

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Today it means: The first shoots of grass or crops. Full definition →

Scots braird ← Old English brerd ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰerH-
  2. Old English · derived frombrerd“edge; spike, corner”
  3. Scots · borrowed frombraird
  4. English todaybraird

From Scots braird, from Old English brerd (“edge; spike, corner”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH- all →

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