Etymograph

English

bedo

Bedo comes from Old English bedōn ‘to shut’, from dōn ‘to do’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dōną ‘to do, make’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dōną‘to do, make’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dōn‘to do’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150dōn‘to do’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150bedōn‘to shut’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bedon
  6. Englishtodaybedo

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dōną‘to do, make’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*dōn‘to do’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150dōn‘to do’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150bedōn‘to shut’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bedon
  6. Englishtodaybedo

Formed from be- + do

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi ‘at, near’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bi ‘near, by’

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

English be-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put’

Proto-Germanic *dōną ‘to do’

Proto-West Germanic *dōn ‘to do’

Old English dōn ‘to do’

Middle English don

English do

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *dōn ‘to do’

overdone, 1 more

through Old English dōn ‘to do’

do, done, overdo, doff, 2 more

Today it means

verb To shut; make or put to.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dōną / bedo

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