< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bad-
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰodʰ- (“to dig; plot of ground”), relating to "ground, dirt".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑd/
Verb
*bad-
- to defile?
Derived terms
- *badōną
Descendants
- Old English: bædan; bæddel, bædling
- Middle English: badde, bad
- Scots: bad, baud
- English: bad
- Middle English: badde, bad
- Old High German: pad