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The etymologycal connection with Proto-Indo-European bʰedʰ 'to dig', originally noted in Pokorny, however, only phonologically plausible, is today not generally accepted: The "Concise Oxford Dictionary" prefers to end with the Germanic term, and the German Kluge/Seebold notes, "Die traditionelle Erklärung ... als »Schlafgrube« (zu l. ''fodere'' »graben«) ist von der Sache her unhaltbar." As far as I know, there is no culture or ethn(contracted; show full)

:: Best guessed here may be the common factor of ''bearing'' or ''receiving'', mostly relating to ''water''! 
:: --[[User:KYPark|KYPark]] ([[User talk:KYPark|talk]]) 08:09, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
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:::Again, I still believe it to come from "dig". The original sense being "a plot or patch of ground dug out". It wasn't until the PGmc forebears began ''sleeping'' in these 'beds' that the association to "a place to sleep" came about. I would like to reconnect it to its former PIE root. [[User:Leasnam|Leasnam]] ([[User talk:Leasnam|talk]]) 03:00, 2 August 2012 (UTC)