Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/biddjan

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *bidjaną.

Verb[edit]

*biddjan[1]

  1. to ask, make a request

Inflection[edit]

Strong class 5 j-present
Infinitive *biddjan
1st sg. past *bad
3rd pl. past *bādun
Past ptcple *bedan
Infinitive *biddjan
Genitive infin. *biddjannjas
Dative infin. *biddjannjē
Instrum. infin. *biddjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *biddju *bad
2nd singular *bidiʀi *bādī
3rd singular *bididi *bad
1st plural *biddjum *bādum
2nd plural *bidid *bādud
3rd plural *biddjand *bādun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *biddjē *bādī
2nd singular *biddjēs *bādī
3rd singular *biddjē *bādī
1st plural *biddjēm *bādīm
2nd plural *biddjēþ *bādīd
3rd plural *biddjēn *bādīn
Imperative Present
Singular *bidi
Plural *bidid
Present Past
Participle *biddjandī *bedan

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:PWGmc *[bidʲdʲan]