English

stakebed

From stake + bed.

A compound of stake + bed

Proto-Indo-European *stog-

Proto-Germanic *stakô

Proto-West Germanic *stakō

Old English staca ‘pin, tack, stake’

Middle English stake ‘a stake’

English stake

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 kind of flatbed truck equipped with sockets to hold stakes so as to enclose the loaded goods.

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

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