English

featherbed

From feather + bed.

A compound of feather + bed

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fly’

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Proto-Germanic *feþrō

Proto-West Germanic *feþru

Old English feþer

Middle English fethere ‘a wing feather’

Proto-Germanic *badją ‘resting-place’

Proto-West Germanic *badi ‘plot of ground’

Old English bedd

Middle English bed ‘a bed’

English bed

Today it means

noun A mattress stuffed with feathers.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / featherbed