An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Brodem

by Friedrich Kluge

Brodem, masculine, ‘fume, exhalation,’ from Middle High German brā̆dem, masculine, ‘vapour,’ Old High German brâdam, ‘vapour, breath, heat.’ Anglo-Saxon brœ̂þ, ‘vapour, breath, wind,’ English breath, are perhaps cognate, so too Modern High German braten?.