Where does “Badehaube” come from?

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

Badehaube (German): bathing cap

Definitions

  1. bathing cap

Ancestry of “Badehaube”, step by step

Badehaube traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German bad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbadbath
2Middle High Germanbāt
3Old High Germanbadbath
4Proto-West Germanicbaþbath
5Proto-Germanicbaþąbath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe

via German haube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaubebonnet, cap
2Middle High Germanhoube
3Old High Germanhūba
4Proto-West Germanichūbāhood, cowl
5Proto-Germanichūbǭa covering for the head; hood; cowl
6Proto-Indo-Europeankēwp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic baþąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic baþ