bede
Norwegian
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) to ask; request
- to pray
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse biðja root 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
- ποθή Ancient Greek
- πόθος Ancient Greek
- *gʷʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰédʰyeti Proto-Indo-European
- be Norwegian Bokmål
- *bedą Proto-Germanic
- *bedō Proto-Germanic
- *bidjaną Proto-Germanic
- be Norwegian Nynorsk
- bede Norwegian Nynorsk
- biðja Old Norse
- bede Danish
- bedemand Danish
- tilbede Danish
- *žędьnъ Proto-Slavic
- *žęďa Proto-Slavic
- biðja Icelandic
- bedōn Old High German
- bita Old High German
- biðja Faroese
- beda Old Dutch
- *gʷeddis Proto-Celtic
- bēye Middle Low German
- biþia Old Swedish
- gedėti Lithuanian
- *gend- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- αγαλγο Bactrian
- 𐼰𐼰𐼲𐼰𐼷𐼹𐼰𐼸 Sogdian