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ETYMOLOGY

[Interesting that Eastern Yiddish preserves gebieten, but not bieten}
Got. biudan, ON bjóða 'to offer; to invite', OE bēodan 'to bid; to command, order', gebēodan, English to bid, OS biodan 'to offer', gibiodan, Dutch bieden, OHG biotan, capiotan, MHG bieten, gebieten, NHG bieten, gebieten,; from PGmc ✱beudan- 'to command; to offer'; from PIE ✱bʰéudʰ-e-; cf. Sanskrit bódhati 'to perceive, notice', (past participle) buddha 'enlightened', Greek πευθώ 'to give notice', πυνθάνομαι 'to find out, inquire', Old Church Slavonic bljusti 'to watch, guard', Russian bljustí