Where does “bod” come from?

bod (Middle English) comes from Middle English abod, from Old English bād, from Proto-West Germanic *baidu, from Proto-Germanic *baidō, from Proto-Germanic bīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéydʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰ- — to compel, force; to trust.

Ancestry of “bod”, step by step

bod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English abod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishaboda stopping
2Old Englishbādpledge, expectation
3Proto-West Germanic*baidu—
4Proto-Germanic*baidō—
5Proto-Germanicbīdanąto wait; to wait for, to await
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéydʰetito trust
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeydʰ-to compel, force; to trust

via Old English bod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishboda command, mandate, precept, order; bidding
2Proto-Germanicgabudą—

Words derived from “bod”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéydʰeti →Every word from Proto-Germanic bīdaną →
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