bed

English

/bɛd/, [beː], /bed/

noun
Definitions
  • A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, on which to rest or sleep.
  • A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
  • (heading) A layer or surface.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bed inherited from Old English bedd (bed, resting-place, couch, garden-bed, plot) inherited from Proto-Germanic *badją (bed, sleeping-place, plot, grave, dug sleeping-place, resting place, resting-place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ-, *bʰedʰh₂- (dig).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰedʰ-, *bʰedʰh₂-

Gloss

dig

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

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