Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “bēde” come from?

bēde (Middle High German) comes from Old High German bēde, from Germanic *bai, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

Ancestry of “bēde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbēde—
2Germanic*bai—
3Proto-Germanic*sa—
4Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
5Proto-Oceanic*isa—

Words derived from “bēde”

  • beidseitig
  • beide
  • beiderseits
  • béid
  • allebeed
  • beed
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