Where does “béid” come from?
béid (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German bēde, from Old High German bēde, from Germanic *bai, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
béid (Luxembourgish): both; the two
Ancestry of “béid”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | bēde | — |
| 2 | Old High German | bēde | — |
| 3 | Germanic | *bai | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |