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Where does “bedą” come from?

bedą (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- — to request, pray, ask for.

bedą (Proto-Germanic): prayer, entreaty

Definitions

  1. prayer, entreaty

Ancestry of “bedą”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰedʰ-to request, pray, ask for

Words derived from “bedą”

  • beg
  • begging
  • beggar
  • beggarly
  • beggary
  • beggarman
  • bede
  • begger
  • beggarwoman
  • abegging
  • beggingly
  • beggeth
  • beggarliness
  • beggardom
  • beggest
  • beggarweed
  • beggarlike
  • beggareth
  • beggingness
  • cyberbeggar
  • begware
  • beggable
  • beggaress
  • beggarism
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