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Where does “badha” come from?

badha (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse baða, from Proto-Germanic baþōną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

badha (Old Swedish): to bathe

Definitions

  1. to bathe

Ancestry of “badha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebaðato bathe
2Proto-Germanicbaþōnąto bathe
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe

Words derived from “badha”

  • badväder
  • bada
  • badrum
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →