Where does “bedplasser” come from?
bedplasser (Dutch) comes from Dutch bedplassen, from Dutch bed, from Middle Dutch bedde, from Old Dutch bedde, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 — to think, reason; to arrange.
bedplasser (Dutch): a bedwetter
Definitions
- a bedwetter
Ancestry of “bedplasser”, step by step
bedplasser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bedplassen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bedplassen | to wet one's bed |
| 2 | Dutch | bed | bed; patch, bed; layer, often a substratum |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | bedde | bed; bedding, mattress, pillow |
| 4 | Old Dutch | bedde | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 6 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 7 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 8 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |