Where does “bed” come from?

bed (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic bedą, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- — to request, pray, ask for.

bed (Proto-West Germanic): prayer

Definitions

  1. prayer

Ancestry of “bed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbedąprayer, entreaty
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰedʰ-to request, pray, ask for

Words derived from “bed”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bedą →