Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To bear; to endure; to tolerate. · To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand. · To dwell or reside in a location; to abide. · To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity. Cognates Cognate with Scots bide (“to dwell, to live; to stay”), Alemannic German beite (“to wait”), Cimbrian paiten (“to wait”), Dutch beiden (“to wait”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål bie (“to stay, to wait”), Faroese and Icelandic bíða (“to wait”), Norwegian Nynorsk bide, bie (“to wait”), Swedish bida (“to await, to bide”), Gothic 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (beidan, “to wait”).
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- Root classification mention*bʰeydʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionbidenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbīdanang
- Inherited-form mention*bīdangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bīdanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*bʰéydʰetiine-pro
- Cognate mentionbidesco · to dwell, to live; to stay
- Cognate mentionbeitegsw · to wait
- Cognate mentionpaitencim · to wait
- Cognate mentionbeidennl · to wait
- Cognate mentionbidenn
- Cognate mentionbidasv · to await, to bide
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽got · to wait
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