*bedō

Runic: ᛒᛖᛞᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈbe.ðɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

a request; a prayer; plea

Etymology

Disputed: most likely from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-eh₂ from root *gʷʰedʰ- (“to ask for, beseech”) or *bʰedʰ- (“to bend, bow”), the former depending on the outcome of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰ in Proto-Germanic, which otherwise was *w or *g; see *banô (‘murderer, killer, death’) and *berô (‘bear’) for other proposed examples of *gʷʰ- > *b-. (Kroonen 2013), though doubtful of this sound change, admits *gʷʰedʰ- is a better semantic match.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	bedō	bedôz
Acc.	bedǭ	bedōz
Gen.	bedōz	bedǫ̂
Dat.	bedōi	bedōmaz
Inst.	bedō	bedōmiz
Voc.	bedō	bedôz

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Descendants

*bedu (Proto-West Germanic)
- beda (Old Dutch)
  - bēde (Middle Dutch)
    - bede (Dutch)
      - bede (Afrikaans)
*bedu (Proto-West Germanic)
- bedu, beodo (Old English)
  - bede, bed, beed, beode, bode, boede, ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (Middle English)
    - bead, bede (English)
    - bead, bede, beid (Scots)
*bedu (Proto-West Germanic)
- bede (Old Frisian)
  - Beed (Saterland Frisian)
  - bea (West Frisian)
*bedu (Proto-West Germanic)
- beta (Old High German)
  - bëte, bët (Middle High German)
    - Bete, Bitte (German)
*bedu (Proto-West Germanic)
- beda (Old Saxon)
  - bēde (Middle Low German)
    - Bede (German)
    - Beed (Low German)
𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌰 (bida) (Gothic)

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