Where does “stakebed” come from?

stakebed (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.

stakebed (English): A kind of flatbed truck equipped with sockets to hold stakes so as to enclose the loaded goods

Definitions

  1. A kind of flatbed truck equipped with sockets to hold stakes so as to enclose the loaded goods

Ancestry of “stakebed”, step by step

stakebed 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 stake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstakeA piece of wood or other material, usually long...
2Middle EnglishstakeA stake; wood put in the ground as a marker or...
3Old Englishstacastake
4Proto-Germanicstakôstake
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-
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