Where does “baden” come from?

baden (Middle High German) comes from Old High German badōn, from Proto-West Germanic baþōn, from Proto-Germanic baþōną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

baden (Middle High German): (literally or figuratively) to bathe

Definitions

  1. (literally or figuratively) to bathe

Ancestry of “baden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbadōnto bathe
2Proto-West Germanicbaþōnto bathe
3Proto-Germanicbaþōnąto bathe
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe

Words derived from “baden”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic baþōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic baþōn →
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