Where does “badel” come from?

badel (Malay) comes from Middle Low German bödel, from Old Saxon budil, from Proto-West Germanic *būdil, from Proto-Germanic būdilaz, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

badel (Malay): gun

Definitions

  1. gun

Ancestry of “badel”, step by step

badel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German bödel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbödel—
2Old Saxonbudil—
3Proto-West Germanic*būdilpouch; bag
4Proto-Germanicbūdilazpouch; bag
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Javanese bedil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JavanesebedilJava arquebus
2Tamilவெடில்gunpowder

Words derived from “badel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beudaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic būdilaz →