𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽
Gothic
verb
Definitions
- to request, ask
- to pray, beg
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (ask, beseech, request, ask for) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ- (wish, ask for, ask, pray, request).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰedʰ-
Gloss
wish, ask for, ask, pray, request
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
祈
Emoji
🙏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bitten German
- ποθή Ancient Greek
- πόθος Ancient Greek
- *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰidʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰédʰyeti Proto-Indo-European
- be Norwegian Bokmål
- bede Norwegian Bokmål
- *bedą Proto-Germanic
- *bedō Proto-Germanic
- *bidilaz Proto-Germanic
- *bidjaną Proto-Germanic
- *gabidjaną Proto-Germanic
- be Norwegian Nynorsk
- bede Norwegian Nynorsk
- bedul Old English
- biddan Old English
- gebiddan Old English
- bidden Middle English
- biðja Old Norse
- biðjast Old Norse
- *žędьnъ Proto-Slavic
- *žęďa Proto-Slavic
- biðja Icelandic
- bedōn Old High German
- bita Old High German
- bitten Old High German
- bēda Latvian
- bēdīgums Latvian
- nebēda Latvian
- nebēdniece Latvian
- nebēdnis Latvian
- nebēdība Latvian
- nebēdīgs Latvian
- nebēdīgums Latvian
- biðja Faroese
- bitten Middle High German
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *biddjan gmw-pro
- beda Old Dutch
- bidden Old Dutch
- *gʷeddis Proto-Celtic
- biddian Old Saxon
- biþia Old Swedish
- gedėti Lithuanian
- bidda Old Frisian
- *gend- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- αγαλγο Bactrian
- 𐼰𐼰𐼲𐼰𐼷𐼹𐼰𐼸 Sogdian