Where does “Bedward” come from?
Bedward (English) comes from English bed, from Middle English bed, from Old English bedd, 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.
Bedward (English): The ship of characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from the Twilight series
Definitions
- The ship of characters Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from the Twilight series
Ancestry of “Bedward”, step by step
Bedward traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English bed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bed | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on... |
| 2 | Middle English | bed | A place of rest or sleep |
| 3 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 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 English Edward
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Edward | See also Edwards |
| 2 | Middle English | Edward | — |
| 3 | Old English | Ēadweard | — |
| 4 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 5 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 6 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 9 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |
via English Bella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bella | — |
| 2 | Italian | bella | beauty, belle; sweetheart; fair copy |
| 3 | Italian | bello | nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful;... |
| 4 | German | fein | fine; fine; very good; as it should be; refined;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | fīn | — |
| 6 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 7 | Latin | fīnis | end |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |