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Where does “Bedwardite” come from?

Bedwardite (English) comes from English Bedward, 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 — to think, reason; to arrange.

Bedwardite (English): An adherent of Bedwardism, the Jamaica Native...

Definitions

  1. An adherent of Bedwardism, the Jamaica Native...

Ancestry of “Bedwardite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBedward—
2EnglishbedA piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on...
3Middle Englishbed—
4Old Englishbeddbed
5Proto-West Germanicbadibed
6Persianبدی—
7Persianبدbad; not good; evil; poorly, badly
8Middle Persian𐭯𐭥𐭭to; at; in
9Proto-Iranianpati-against, toward; lord
10Proto-Iranian*rādi-—
11Proto-Iranian*rād-—
12Proto-Indo-IranianHraHdʰ-—
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
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