bêd

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bed"

West Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *badją (“plot, grave, resting-place, bed”). Cognate with North Frisian baad, beed (“bed”), English bed, Low German Bedd, Dutch bed (“bed”), German Bett (“bed”), Swedish bädd (“bed”), Icelandic beður (“bed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛːt/

Noun

bêd n (plural bêden, diminutive bedsje or bedke)

1. bed

Further reading

• “bêd”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011