Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bedu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *bedō.

Noun

*bedu f

a request, plea
prayer

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bedu
Genitive	*bedā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bedu	*bedō
Accusative	*bedā	*bedā
Genitive	*bedā	*bedō
Dative	*bedē	bedōm, bedum
Instrumental	*bedu	bedōm, bedum

Derived terms

*bedōn

Descendants

Old English: bedu, beodo
- Middle English: bede, bed, beed, beode, bode, boede, ȝebed, ibæd, ibed (conflated with Old English ġebed)
  - English: bead (bede)
  - Scots: bead, bede, beid
Old Frisian: bede
- Saterland Frisian: Beed
- West Frisian: bea
Old Saxon: beda
- Middle Low German: bēde
  - German Low German: Beed
  - → German: Bede
Old Dutch: beda
- Middle Dutch: bēde
  - Dutch: bede
    - Afrikaans: bede
Old High German: beta
- Middle High German: bëte, bët
  - German: Bete (obsolete), Bitte (altered after bitten)