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Where does “bed” come from?

bed (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish bed, from German Beet, from Middle High German bette, from Old High German betti, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭 — to think, reason; to arrange.

bed (Norwegian Bokmål): a bed; imperative of bede

Definitions

  1. a bed; imperative of bede

Ancestry of “bed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbedbed; pasturage; past tense of bide
2GermanBeetbed
3Middle High Germanbette—
4Old High Germanbettibed, flower-bed
5Proto-West Germanicbadibed
6Persianبدی—
7Persianبدbad; not good; evil; poorly, badly
8Middle Persian𐭯𐭥𐭭to; at; in
9Proto-Iranianpati-against, toward; lord
10Proto-Iranian*rādi-—
11Proto-Iranian*rād-—
12Proto-Indo-IranianHraHdʰ-—
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange

Words derived from “bed”

  • blomsterbed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- →