Where does “bad” come from?

bad (Polish) comes from German bad, from Middle High German bāt, from Old High German bad, from Proto-West Germanic baþ, from Proto-Germanic baþą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- — to foment; warm; bathe.

bad (Polish): health resort, bath

Definitions

  1. health resort, bath

Ancestry of “bad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbadbath
2Middle High Germanbāt—
3Old High Germanbadbath
4Proto-West Germanicbaþbath
5Proto-Germanicbaþąbath
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₁- →