Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *bidjanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_bidjaną
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verbWeak class 1to make a request (of/for);to ask (of person)to request, ask (for something)Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰ-ye/o-, from *gʷʰedʰ- (‘to request, pray, ask for), or alternatively from *bʰedʰ- (‘to bend, bow’) (compare the root of *bindaną (‘to bind, tie’)). Not, as sometimes suggested, related to *bīdaną (‘to wait, wait for, await’). Related to *bedō (‘a request, prayer, plea’).