Where does “bad” come from?

bad (German) comes 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.

bad (German): bath

Definitions

  1. bath

Ancestry of “bad”, step by step

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

Words derived from “bad

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁-