Proto-Indo-European

*gʷʰedʰ-

‘to ask for’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-, most familiar first.

• bad ← bæd ← biddan ← *biddjan ← *bidjaną
• bid ← bidden ← biddan ← *biddjan ← *bidjaną
• bead ← bede ← bedu ← *bedu ← *bedō
• bede ← ġebedu ← ġebed ← *bed ← *bedą

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-