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Where does “pissabed” come from?

pissabed (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.

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Ancestry of “pissabed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbedA piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on...
2Middle Englishbed—
3Old Englishbeddbed
4Proto-West Germanicbadibed
5Persianبدی—
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
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