bræþ

See also: bræð and braed

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brēþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrēt- (“exhalation from heat; steam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bræːθ/

Noun

brǣþ m

1. odour, smell, scent
2. steam, exhalation

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	brǣþ	brǣþas
accusative	brǣþ	brǣþas
genitive	brǣþes	brǣþa
dative	brǣþe	brǣþum

Descendants

• Middle English: breeth, breað, braþe, breth, breith
  • English: breath
  • Scots: breth, brethe, breith