Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biddjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bidjaną.

Verb

*biddjan [1]

to ask, to make a request

Inflection

*bidiþi, *bad, *bādun, *bedan

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: biddan
- Middle English: bidden
  - Scots: bid
  - English: bid
Old Frisian: bidda
- Saterland Frisian: bidje
- West Frisian: bidde
Old Saxon: biddian
- Middle Low German: bidden
  - Low German: bidden
  - Plautdietsch: beeden, bedden
Old Dutch: bidden
- Middle Dutch: bidden
  - Dutch: bidden
    - Afrikaans: bid
  - Limburgish: baeje
Old High German: bitten
- Middle High German: bitten
  - German: bitten

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[bidʲdʲan]”

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[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51: “PWGmc *[bidʲdʲan]”