Where does “bedspread” come from?
Bedspread derives from English bed and spread, with bed tracing through Middle English bedd and Old English bedd to Proto-Germanic badją and Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ-.
bedspread (English): The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning...
Definitions
- The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning...
Ancestry of “bedspread”, step by step
bedspread traces back through two 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 spread
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spread | To stretch out, open out so that it more fully... |
| 2 | English | Speed | The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion |
| 3 | Middle English | sped | good fortune |
| 4 | Old English | spēd | success; luck, prosperity, success |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spōdi | hurry, rush; success, prosperity |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | spōan | to succeed, prosper |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | spōaną | to prosper, succeed, be happy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |