Where does “groentebed” come from?

groentebed (Dutch) comes 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, from Proto-Iranian pati- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

groentebed (Dutch): vegetable bed, vegetable patch

Definitions

  1. vegetable bed, vegetable patch

Ancestry of “groentebed”, step by step

groentebed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch bed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbedbed; patch, bed; layer, often a substratum
2Middle Dutchbeddebed; bedding, mattress, pillow
3Old Dutchbedde
4Proto-West Germanicbadibed
5Persianبدیbadness
6Persianبدbad; not good; evil; poorly, badly
7Middle Persian𐭯𐭥𐭭to; at; in
8Proto-Iranianpati-against, toward; lord
9Proto-Iranian*rādi-
10Proto-Iranian*rād-
11Proto-Indo-IranianHraHdʰ-
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Dutch groente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchgroenteVegetables; A vegetable
2Dutchgroengreen; green, relating to green parties or green...
3Middle Dutchgroenegreen; unripe, young
4Old Dutchgruonigreen
5Proto-West Germanicgrōnīgreen
6Proto-Germanicgrōnizgreen
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰreh₁-to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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