Where does “baðian” come from?

baðian (Old English) comes from Old English bād, 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.

baðian (Old English): to bathe

Definitions

  1. to bathe

Ancestry of “baðian”, step by step

baðian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bād

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbādpledge, expectation
2Proto-West Germanic*baidu—
3Proto-Germanic*baidō—
4Proto-Germanicbīdanąto wait; to wait for, to await
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéydʰetito trust
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeydʰ-to compel, force; to trust

via Proto-Germanic baþōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbaþōnąto bathe
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe

Words derived from “baðian”

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