Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bedu

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 *bedō.

Noun

*bedu f

1. a request, plea
2. prayer

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bedu
Genitive	*bedā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bedu	*bedō
Accusative	*bedā	*bedā
Genitive	*bedā	*bedō
Dative	*bedē	*bedōm, *bedum
Instrumental	*bedu	*bedōm, *bedum

Derived terms

• *bedōn

Descendants

• Old English: bedu, beodo
  • Middle English: bede, bed, beed, beode, bode, boede, ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (conflated with Old English ġebed)
    • English: bead (bede)
    • Scots: bead, bede, beid
• Old Frisian: bede
  • Saterland Frisian: Beed
  • West Frisian: bea
• Old Saxon: beda
  • Middle Low German: bēde
    • German Low German: Beed
    • → German: Bede
• Old Dutch: beda
  • Middle Dutch: bēde
    • Dutch: bede
      • Afrikaans: bede
• Old High German: beta
  • Middle High German: bëte, bët
    • German: Bete (obsolete), Bitte (altered after bitten)