Where does “deaþbed” come from?
deaþbed (Old English) comes from Old English bed, from Old English bedd, from Proto-West Germanic badi, from Persian بدی, from Persian بد, from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭥𐭭, from Proto-Iranian pati-, from Proto-Iranian *rādi- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
deaþbed (Old English): deathbed; burial plot; grave
Definitions
- deathbed; burial plot; grave
Ancestry of “deaþbed”, step by step
deaþbed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English bed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | bed | Alternative form of bedd; bed; prayer,... |
| 2 | Old English | bedd | bed |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | badi | bed |
| 4 | Persian | بدی | badness |
| 5 | Persian | بد | bad; not good; evil; poorly, badly |
| 6 | Middle Persian | 𐭯𐭥𐭭 | to; at; in |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pati- | against, toward; lord |
| 8 | Proto-Iranian | *rādi- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *rād- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | HraHdʰ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Old English dēaþ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | dēaþ | death |
| 2 | Old English | wīc | dwelling place, abode; abode, dwelling-place;... |
| 3 | German | witz | joke |
| 4 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |