bride

...(E)=bryd(OE)=bred(OFrisian)=brud(OSax)=brut(OHG)= b/po/utl/t(Letra)=potli(N/root)=companion, =both/brother(E)=bruths(Goth)=bruthr(ON), of unkn origin? .....bridle(E)=bridel(OE/OFrisian)=brittil(OHG)=b(r)/pitli(N)= older sister. well, how? the road leads to bride(E). only in remote corners of breeding would pitli be bride, but, pitli=spider= bridge(of the horse's nose)=bridle(E). bride, herself, suffers a u/o=y/i shift in windy England=E(n)c/gl/tlan/d=Ecatlan(N)= Hecatland's shrill whine, while Europe makes the broader route of o/u.