Where does “blomsterbed” come from?
blomsterbed (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål bed, 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 — to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish.
blomsterbed (Norwegian Bokmål): a flower bed or flowerbed
Definitions
- a flower bed or flowerbed
Ancestry of “blomsterbed”, step by step
blomsterbed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål bed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | bed | a bed; imperative of bede |
| 2 | Danish | bed | bed; pasturage; past tense of bide |
| 3 | German | Beet | bed |
| 4 | Middle High German | bette | bed |
| 5 | Old High German | betti | bed, flower-bed |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 7 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 8 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
via Norwegian Bokmål blomst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | blomst | a flower, blossom |
| 2 | Danish | blomst | flower |
| 3 | Danish | blomster | indefinite plural of blomst |
| 4 | Old Norse | blómstr | flower |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōmô | flower |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | blōaną | to bloom, to flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |