Where does “badeværelse” come from?

badeværelse (Danish) comes from Danish værelse, from Danish være, from Old Danish wæræ, from Old Norse vera, from Old Norse vesa, from Proto-Germanic *wesaną, from Proto-Indo-European wes- — to dress, clothe.

badeværelse (Danish): bathroom

Definitions

  1. bathroom

Ancestry of “badeværelse”, step by step

badeværelse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish værelse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishværelseroom; separate part of a building
2Danishværeto be; to be, exist; to have
3Old Danishwæræ—
4Old Norseverato be
5Old NorsevesaArchaic form of vera; to be
6Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe

via Danish både

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbådeboth; advantage, profit; to be useful, help
2Old Norsebaðato bathe
3Proto-Germanicbaþōnąto bathe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *wesaną →Every word from Old Norse vesa →