Where does “bād” come from?

bād (Old English) comes 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.

bād (Old English): pledge, expectation

Definitions

  1. pledge, expectation

Ancestry of “bād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*baidu—
2Proto-Germanic*baidō—
3Proto-Germanicbīdanąto wait; to wait for, to await
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéydʰetito trust
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeydʰ-to compel, force; to trust

Words derived from “bād”

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