Where does “biodan” come from?

biodan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic beudan, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

biodan (Old Saxon): to offer

Definitions

  1. to offer

Ancestry of “biodan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbeudanto offer, to bid
2Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

Words derived from “biodan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beudaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic beudan →