bizen

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰewdʰ-“to be awake, perceive fully”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*beudaną“to ask, beg”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*būsniz“command, precept”
4. Old Norse · derived frombýsn“a wonder, a portentous thing”
5. Old English · inherited frombȳsen“example, pattern, model, similitude, parable, parallel, rule, command, precept”
6. Middle English · inherited frombysen
7. English todaybizen

From Middle English bysen, partly from Old English bȳsen (“example, pattern, model, similitude, parable, parallel, rule, command, precept”), and partly from Old Norse býsn (“a wonder, a portentous thing”), both from Proto-Germanic *būsniz (“command, precept”), from Proto-Germanic *beudaną (“to ask, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be awake, perceive fully”).

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