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English word origin

Etymology of bride

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemanni

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. · An object ardently loved.

verb

to make a bride of

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English bride, from Old English brȳd (“bride”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūdi, from Proto-Germanic *brūdiz (“bride”). Cognates Cognate with Yola breede (“bride”), Saterland Frisian Bräid (“bride”), Alemannic German Bruut (“bride”), Central Franconian Brock, Brutt, Bruut (“bride”), Dutch bruid (“bride”), German and Luxembourgish Braut (“bride”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish brud (“bride”), Faroese and Icelandic brúður (“bride”), Norwegian Nynorsk brud, brur (“bride”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃 (bruþs, “bride”), French bru (“daughter-in-law”), Friulian brût (“daughter-in-law”) (from Old High German brut (“bride”)).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentionbrideenm
  • Inherited-form mentionbrȳdang · bride
  • Inherited-form mention*brūdigmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*brūdizgem-pro · bride
  • Cognate mentionbreedeyol · bride
  • Cognate mentionBräidstq · bride
  • Cognate mentionBruutgsw · bride
  • Cognate mentionBrockgmw-cfr
  • Cognate mentionbruidnl · bride
  • Cognate mentionbrudnn
  • Cognate mention𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌸𐍃got · bride
  • Cognate mentionbrufr · daughter-in-law
  • Cognate mentionbrûtfur · daughter-in-law
  • Cognate mentionbrutgoh · bride
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

an individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Borrowed from French bride (“bridle”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Borrowed-form mentionbridefr · bridle
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