Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bandwijanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bandwijaną
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013
verbWeak class 1to give a sign, to beckonKroonen 2013 considers this a factitive from *bandwō (‘sign’) + *-(i)janą(forms denominatives and factitives). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰonh₂-twéh₂-ye/o-, (the *-tweh₂ suffix forms nouns from verbs), from an o-grade form of root *bʰeh₂- (‘to speak, say’). Related to *bannaną (‘to summon, command, order’).