Where does “baða” come from?

baða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse baða, from Proto-Germanic baþōną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

baða (Icelandic): to bathe, to give a bath

Definitions

  1. to bathe, to give a bath

Ancestry of “baða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebaðato bathe
2Proto-Germanicbaþōnąto bathe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baþōną →Every word from Old Norse baða →