bidden
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- To ask, beseech
- To demand
- To command
Etymology
Inherited from Old English biddan (ask) inherited from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (ask, beseech, request, ask for) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti (ask for, request, pray).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰédʰyeti
Gloss
ask for, request, pray
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beadle English
- bid English
- bidale English
- biddability English
- biddable English
- bidder English
- biddest English
- biddeth English
- bidworthy English
- counterbid English
- cuebid English
- forbid English
- megabid English
- misbid English
- outbid English
- overbid English
- prebid English
- rebid English
- underbid English
- *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰidʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰédʰyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *bidilaz Proto-Germanic
- *bidjaną Proto-Germanic
- bedul Old English
- biddan Old English
- gebiddan Old English
- biðja Old Norse
- biðjast Old Norse
- bitten Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *biddjan gmw-pro
- bidden Old Dutch
- *gʷedyeti Proto-Celtic
- biddian Old Saxon
- bidda Old Frisian