Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *badjąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_badją
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Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 1)DirkBoutkanSjoerd M.SiebingaBrill2005Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 5)AlwinKloekhorstBrill2008Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 9)RankoMatasovićBrill2009aAltnordisches Etymologisches WörterbuchJande VriesBrill1977The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European WorldJ. P.MalloryD. Q.AdamsOxfordOxford University Press2006Protocelta bedo- ‘canal, mina’ y sus derivados: nuevos testimonios en celta antiguoMarcosMedrano DuqueCuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Griegos e Indoeuropeos 3523–322025*bʰedʰ-to bend, fold; press (together), bind; oppress; cause trouble, distress*bʰedʰh₂-to dig, burrow; to pierce, stabfodiōto pierce, dig*bedo-ditch, minebeddgrave*patjapillow, mattress*bʰeh₁-to foment; warm; bathe*bʰedʰ-to dig, burrow; to pierce, stab
nounneuterja-stembed, sleeping placebedding, mattress, cushion(West Germanic) garden bed, plot of cultivated groundUncertain. Possibly from pre-Germanic *bʰodʰ(h₂)-yo-m, a neuter *-yo- derivative from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-, alternatively reconstructed *bʰedʰ-Kloekhorst 2008: 654–655, s.v. padda-ⁱ / padd-Kroonen 2013: 46. Compare Latin fodiō and Proto-Celtic *bedo-, continued by Middle Welsh beddMatasović 2009a: 59–60Medrano Duque 2025: 24. The proposed development is ‘that which is dug out’ > ‘dug-out resting place’ > ‘bed’, but the semantic connection is uncertain; Proto-Finnic *patja, an early Germanic loan, already reflects ‘bedding’ Boutkan & Siebinga 2005: 33–34. Alternatively, Mallory & Adams Mallory & Adams 2006: 375 derive the word from a separate homonymous *bʰedʰ- via ‘cushion’, while de Vries de Vries 1977: 29, s.v. beðr connects it with *baþą and ultimately Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁-, interpreting it as ‘warm place’.