biðja
Faroese
/ˈpiːja/
verb
Definitions
- to ask, to request, to beg
- to wish (e.g. góðan dag - good day)
- to pray to God (Gud)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse biðja inherited from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (ask, beseech, request, ask for).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bidjaną
Gloss
ask, beseech, request, ask for
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
聞
Emoji
🙏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bede English
- misbede English
- Bittbrief German
- abbitten German
- ausbitten German
- bitten German
- erbitten German
- *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰidʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰédʰyeti Proto-Indo-European
- be Norwegian Bokmål
- bede Norwegian Bokmål
- *bidilaz Proto-Germanic
- *bidjaną Proto-Germanic
- bedja Swedish
- tillbedja Swedish
- be Norwegian Nynorsk
- bede Norwegian Nynorsk
- biddan Old English
- bidden Middle English
- bēde Middle English
- biðja Old Norse
- biðjast Old Norse
- bede Danish
- bedemand Danish
- tilbede Danish
- biðill Icelandic
- biðja Icelandic
- þrábiðja Icelandic
- bitten Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *biddjan gmw-pro
- bidden Old Dutch
- bēye Middle Low German
- biddian Old Saxon
- biþia Old Swedish
- bidda Old Frisian