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West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian bedd, from Proto-West Germanic *badi.
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
Noun
bêd n (plural bêden, diminutive bedsje or bedke)
- bed
Further reading
- “bêd”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011