bede

bede · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bedą“prayer, entreaty”
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*bed
3. Old English · derived fromġebed“prayer, petition, supplication, religious service, an ordinance”
4. Middle English · derived frombēde“prayer, request, supplication, order, command, rosary, bead”
5. English todaybede

From Middle English bēde (“prayer, request, supplication, order, command, rosary, bead”), from Old English ġebed (“prayer, petition, supplication, religious service, an ordinance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bed, from Proto-Germanic *bedą (“prayer, entreaty”). Cognate with Dutch gebed and bede, German Gebet.

bede · verb²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰewdʰ-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*beudaną
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*beudan
4. Old English · derived frombēodan
5. Middle English · derived frombēden“to offer”
6. English todaybede

From Middle English bēden (“to offer”), from Old English bēodan, from Proto-West Germanic *beudan, from Proto-Germanic *beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian biada, Old Saxon biodan (Low German bieden, beden), Dutch bieden, Old High German biotan (German bieten), Old Norse bjóða (Swedish bjuda (“command, show”)), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (anabiudan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek πεύθομαι (peúthomai, “ask for”), Sanskrit बोधयति (bodhayati, “wake”), Old Church Slavonic бъдѣти (bŭděti) (Russian будить (buditʹ, “wake”)), Lithuanian budeti (“awake”). See also bid.

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