Where does “Karlsbad” come from?

Karlsbad (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.

Ancestry of “Karlsbad”, step by step

Karlsbad 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 Karl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKarl—
2German-chennowadays the most common suffix to create a...
3Middle High German-echen—

Words derived from “Karlsbad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →