Where does “Bad” come from?

Bad (German) comes from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic baþ, from Proto-Germanic baþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

Bad (German): bath; bathroom; pool, baths

Definitions

  1. bath; bathroom; pool, baths

Ancestry of “Bad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbadbath
2Proto-West Germanicbaþbath
3Proto-Germanicbaþąbath
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baþą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baþ →