Where does “procrustesbed” come from?
procrustesbed (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.
procrustesbed (Dutch): procrustean bed
Definitions
- procrustean bed
Ancestry of “procrustesbed”, step by step
procrustesbed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch bed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bed | bed; patch, bed; layer, often a substratum |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bedde | bed; bedding, mattress, pillow |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bedde | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 5 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 6 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 7 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Dutch Procrustes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Procrustes | Procrustes legendary Attic highwayman and misshaper of members |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | Προκρούστης | Procrustes |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -στης | Alternative form of -της |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |