Where does “bedwetting alarm” come from?
bedwetting alarm (English) comes from English bedwetting, 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 fit, to fix, to put together.
bedwetting alarm (English): A small device inserted into a person's undergarments during sleep that activates an alarm when urine is detected by its sensor, intended to wake the individual so they cease bedwetting
Definitions
- A small device inserted into a person's undergarments during sleep that activates an alarm when urine is detected by its sensor, intended to wake the individual so they cease bedwetting
Ancestry of “bedwetting alarm”, step by step
bedwetting alarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bedwetting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bedwetting | Involuntary urination while asleep |
| 2 | English | bed | A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on... |
| 3 | Middle English | bed | A place of rest or sleep |
| 4 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 6 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 7 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 8 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via English alarm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alarm | A summons to arms, as on the approach of an... |
| 2 | Middle English | alarme | — |
| 3 | Middle French | alarme | — |
| 4 | Italian | all'arme | a command to take up arms and be ready to fight: to arms! |
| 5 | Latin | arma | defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | armistitium | — |
| 7 | Latin | sistere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stísteh₂ti | to be standing up, to be getting up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |