Where does “Badezimmer” come from?

Badezimmer (German) comes from German Zimmer, from Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

Badezimmer (German): bathroom

Definitions

  1. bathroom

Ancestry of “Badezimmer”, step by step

Badezimmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zimmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZimmerroom
2Middle High Germanzimber—
3Old High Germanzimbar—
4Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
5Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
6Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via German baden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbadento bathe
2Middle High Germanbaden(literally or figuratively) to bathe
3Old High Germanbadōnto bathe
4Proto-West Germanicbaþōnto bathe
5Proto-Germanicbaþōnąto bathe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe

Words derived from “Badezimmer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic timrą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *timr →