Where does “bonebed” come from?

bonebed (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.

bonebed (English): Any stratum containing bones

Definitions

  1. Any stratum containing bones

Ancestry of “bonebed”, step by step

bonebed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English bed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbedA piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on...
2Middle EnglishbedA place of rest or sleep
3Old Englishbeddbed
4Proto-West Germanicbadibed
5Persianبدیbadness
6Persianبدbad; not good; evil; poorly, badly
7Middle Persian𐭯𐭥𐭭to; at; in
8Proto-Iranianpati-against, toward; lord
9Proto-Iranian*rādi-
10Proto-Iranian*rād-
11Proto-Indo-IranianHraHdʰ-
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English Bône

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBônenow known as Annaba
2Middle Englishbonbone
3Old Englishbānbone, tusk; the bone of a limb
4Arabicبانto separate, to become distinct, to sunder; to be...
5Ottoman Turkishبانban; keeper, tender, ward; ben tree, horseradish...
6Ottoman Turkishباڭ
7Persianبنگhashish, narcotic made from "Cannabis sativa";...
8Middle Persian𐭡𐭭𐭢henbane
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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