bedeau

Inherited from Old French bedel (policeman, officer in minor judicial affairs) derived from Frankish *bidil (candidate, volunteer) derived from Proto-Germanic *bidilaz (seeker), *bidjaną (ask, beseech, request, ask for) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (persuade, trust, command, confide with, agree, take trust, be convinced, encourage, constrain) derived from Frankish *budil (herald, messenger of justice, beadle, official representative) derived from Proto-Germanic *budilaz (herald, messenger), *beudaną (offer, present, beg, ask, bid, announce) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (be awake, wake, rise up, aware, perceive fully, make aware, awake, be aware, comprehend, observe, fully perceive, keep watch, be wake).

Proto-Indo-European