bed-

bed-
    bed-
    English meaning: to swell?
    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwellen”?
    Material: O.Ind. badva-m “ troop, heap; a certain high number “; O.C.S. (etc) bedro “ thigh “; Arm. port (*bodro-) “ navel, belly, center “. Maybe here Swe. dial. patte “ woman’s brost, nipple “, Ice. patti “ small child “, Eng. pat “ small lump (from butter) “; the forms standing besides with Gmc. b-, älterDan. arsbatte “buttock”, Swe. dial. batt “ of small heaps “ then showed the same auslaut fluctuation as b(h)eu-, b(h)ū̆- “ inflate, swell “, wherewith root b(h)ed- (:b(h)u-d-, -t-) had the origin from the image of the inflated cheeks together. Lat. bassus “ stout, fertile, fat “, roman “ low, menial “, stays away.
    References: WP. II 109, WH. I 98, 477, 851, Kretschmer Gl. 22, 258 f.

Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.

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