< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bedu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bedō.
Noun
*bedu f
- a request, plea
- prayer
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *bedu | |
Genitive | *bedā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *bedu | *bedō |
Accusative | *bedā | *bedā |
Genitive | *bedā | *bedō |
Dative | *bedē | *bedōm |
Instrumental | *bedu | *bedōm |
Derived terms
- *bedōn
Descendants
- Old English: bedu, beodo
- Middle English: bede
- English: bead
- → Scots: bead
- Scots: bede, beid
- English: bead
- Middle English: bede
- Old Frisian: bede
- Saterland Frisian: Beed
- West Frisian: bea
- Old Saxon: beda
- Middle Low German: bede
- German Low German: Beed
- Middle Low German: bede
- Old Dutch: beda
- Middle Dutch: bēde
- Dutch: bede
- Middle Dutch: bēde
- Old High German: beta
- Middle High German: bëte, bët
- German: Bete
- Middle High German: bëte, bët