Where does “bad” come from?

bad (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch bad, from Middle Dutch bat, from Old Dutch bat, from Proto-Germanic batiz — comparative degree of *wela.

bad (Afrikaans): bath

Definitions

  1. bath

Ancestry of “bad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbadbath
2Middle Dutchbatbath; better; comparative degree of wel;...
3Old Dutchbat
4Proto-Germanicbatizcomparative degree of *wela
Every word from Proto-Germanic batiz