Where does “rivierbed” come from?
rivierbed (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.
rivierbed (Dutch): riverbed, bed of a river
Definitions
- riverbed, bed of a river
Ancestry of “rivierbed”, step by step
rivierbed 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 rivier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rivier | river |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | riviere | river; riverside used for hunting birds |
| 3 | Old French | riviere | river |
| 4 | Latin | rīpāria | littoral, riverbank |
| 5 | Latin | rīpārius | that inhabits the banks of rivers; riparian |
| 6 | Latin | rīpa | bank (of a river) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | reipā | river bank |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁réyp-eh₂ | — |