Where does “báðir” come from?

báðir (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic bai, from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₁ — both.

báðir (Old Norse): both

Definitions

  1. both

Ancestry of “báðir”, step by step

báðir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic bai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbaiboth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰoh₁both

via Proto-Germanic bai-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbai-

Words derived from “báðir

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰoh₁Every word from Proto-Germanic bai