Proto-Germanic
*bregdaną
‘to flicker, flutter, jerk, tug, twitch, flinch, move, swing’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *bregdaną.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *bregdaną, most familiar first.
- braid ← braiden ← breġdan ← *bregdan
- bridle ← bridel ← brīdel ← *brigdil ← *brigdilaz
- braiding ← breydynge ← breiden ← breġdan ← *bregdan
- upbraid ← upbreiden ← upbreġdan ← breġdan ← *bregdan
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *bregdaną