Where does “bedeman” come from?

bedeman (Middle English) comes from Middle English bēde, from Old English gebed, from Proto-West Germanic gabed, from Proto-West Germanic ga-, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

bedeman (Middle English): A petitioner; one who presents a petition or legal case

Definitions

  1. A petitioner; one who presents a petition or legal case

Ancestry of “bedeman”, step by step

bedeman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English bēde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbēdeprayer, request, supplication, order, command,...
2Old Englishgebedprayer, religious observance
3Proto-West Germanicgabedprayer
4Proto-West Germanicga-used as an intensifier for verbs, indicating...
5Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
8Middle Englishkyt
9Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
10Old High Germankuti
11Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
12Proto-Germanickweduzresin
13Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
14Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Middle English man

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmanTypically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;...
2Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
3Sanskritमहादेवthe "great God"
4Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
5Proto-Indo-Aryanmaźʰā́
6Proto-Indo-Iranianmaȷ́ʰā́big, great
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “bedeman

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz