Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bīdan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *bīdaną.

Verb

*bīdan

to wait

Inflection

Strong class 1
Infinitive	*bīdan
1st sg. past	*baid
3rd pl. past	*bidun
Past ptcple	*bidan
Infinitive	*bīdan
Genitive infin.	*bīdannjas
Dative infin.	*bīdannjē
Instrum. infin.	*bīdannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*bīdu	*baid
2nd singular	*bīdiʀi	*bidī
3rd singular	*bīdidi	*baid
1st plural	*bīdum	*bidum
2nd plural	*bīdid	*bidud
3rd plural	*bīdand	*bidun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*bīdē	*bidī
2nd singular	*bīdēs	*bidī
3rd singular	*bīdē	*bidī
1st plural	*bīdēm	*bidīm
2nd plural	*bīdēþ	*bidīd
3rd plural	*bīdēn	*bidīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*bīd
Plural	*bīdid
	Present	Past
Participle	*bīdandī	*bidan

Descendants

Old English: bīdan
- Middle English: biden
  - English: bide
  - Scots: byde, bide
Old Frisian: *bīda
- North Frisian: bida
Old Saxon: bīdan
- Middle Low German: bîden
  - Low German: bieden
Old Dutch: bīdan
- Middle Dutch: biden
  - Dutch: bijden (obsolete)
Old High German: bītan, pītan
- Middle High German: bīten
  - Alemannic German: beite
  - Cimbrian: paiten
  - German: beiten (dialectal)