Where does “beed” come from?

beed (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German beide, from Old High German beide, from Proto-Germanic bai-.

beed (Pennsylvania German): both

Definitions

  1. both

Ancestry of “beed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbeideboth
2Old High GermanbeideAlternative form of bēde
3Proto-Germanicbai-—

Words derived from “beed”

Every word from Proto-Germanic bai- →Every word from Old High German beide →Every word from Middle High German beide →