bidon

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰidʰ-“barrel; bucket; pot”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bidōn
3. Old Norse · derived from*biða“container, vessel”
4. Middle French · derived frombidon“small sealed portable container made of metal or wood”
5. French · borrowed frombidon“can, canister, tin”
6. English todaybidon

Borrowed from French bidon (“can, canister, tin”), from Middle French bidon (“small sealed portable container made of metal or wood”), from Old Norse *biða (“container, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *bidōn, *bidjan (“tub, vat; vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ- (“barrel; bucket; pot”), from *bʰeydʰ- (“to bind; to weave”).

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