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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bidjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti, from *gʷʰedʰ- (“to ask for; beseech”), or alternatively from *bʰedʰ- (“to bend, bow”) (compare the root of *bindaną). Not, as sometimes suggested, related to *bīdaną (“to wait”).[1] More at *bedō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbið.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*bidjaną[1][2]

  1. to make a request (of/for);
  2. (transitive, +accu) to ask (of person)
  3. (transitive, +gen) to request, ask (for something)

Inflection
Conjugation of *bidjaną (strong class 5 j-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bidjō*bidjaų—*bidjai ?
2nd singular *bidisi*bidjais*bidi*bidjasai*bidjaisau
3rd singular *bidiþi*bidjai*bidjaþau*bidjaþai*bidjaiþau
1st dual *bidjōs*bidjaiw———
2nd dual *bidjaþiz*bidjaiþiz*bidjaþiz——
1st plural *bidjamaz*bidjaim—*bidjanþai*bidjainþau
2nd plural *bidiþ*bidjaiþ*bidiþ*bidjanþai*bidjainþau
3rd plural *bidjanþi*bidjain*bidjanþau*bidjanþai*bidjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *bad*bēdį̄
2nd singular *bast*bēdīz
3rd singular *bad*bēdī
1st dual *bēdū*bēdīw
2nd dual *bēdudiz*bēdīdiz
1st plural *bēdum*bēdīm
2nd plural *bēdud*bēdīd
3rd plural *bēdun*bēdīn
present past
participles *bidjandz*bedanaz

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bedjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*ƀiđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
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