Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biddjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bidjaną.

Verb

*biddjan

1. to ask, make a request

Inflection

Strong class 5 j-present
Infinitive	*biddjan
1st sg. past	*bad
3rd pl. past	*bādun
Past ptcple	*bedan
Infinitive	*biddjan
Genitive infin.	*biddjannjas
Dative infin.	*biddjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*biddjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*biddju	*bad
2nd singular	*bidiʀi	*bādī
3rd singular	*bididi	*bad
1st plural	*biddjum	*bādum
2nd plural	*bidid	*bādud
3rd plural	*biddjand	*bādun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*biddjē	*bādī
2nd singular	*biddjēs	*bādī
3rd singular	*biddjē	*bādī
1st plural	*biddjēm	*bādīm
2nd plural	*biddjēþ	*bādīd
3rd plural	*biddjēn	*bādīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bidi
Plural	*bidid
	Present	Past
Participle	*biddjandī	*bedan

Derived terms

• *bedul
• *gabiddjan

Descendants

• Old English: biddan
  • Middle English: bidden
    • English: bid
    • Scots: bid
• Old Frisian: bidda
  • North Frisian: bade, bad, ber
  • Saterland Frisian: bidje
  • West Frisian: bidde
• Old Saxon: biddian
  • Middle Low German: bidden
    • Low German: bidden
    • Plautdietsch: beeden, bedden
• Old Dutch: bidden
  • Middle Dutch: bidden
    • Dutch: bidden
      • Afrikaans: bid
      • Negerhollands: bed, bet, bit
    • Limburgish: baeje
• Old High German: bitten
  • Middle High German: bitten
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: pittan

      Mòcheno: pitten

    • German: bitten
    • Yiddish: ביטן (bitn)