Where does “bakermat” come from?

bakermat (Dutch) comes from Dutch mat, from Middle Dutch mat, from Old French mat, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

bakermat (Dutch): cradle; place of origin, cradle

Definitions

  1. cradle; place of origin, cradle

Ancestry of “bakermat”, step by step

bakermat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmatrug, mat; mullet; checkmate
2Middle Dutchmatcheckmate
3Old Frenchmatcheckmated; in checkmate
4Latinmattusdrunk, intoxicated
5Latinmaditus
6Latinmaderepresent active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be...
7Latinmadeōto be wet or moist
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Dutch bakeren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbakerento dry-nurse; to swaddle
2Middle Dutchbakeren
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d-