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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
> At 4:01:46 PM on Friday, January 9, 2009, Andrew Jarrette
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > I've heard of Gmc *bidjan being considered a derivative of
> > the *bheidh- root,
>
> Seems to be pretty standard: I find it in both Watkins and
> Ringe.
>
> Brian
>
If it's not too much to ask, do you think you could explain the
semantic development of "trust" (or "persuade") to "request, pray
for"? It would help me at least to accept the standardness of the
idea of *bidjan deriving from *bheidh-, rather than considering that
idea marginal, which is what I tend to do because of the apparent (to
me) semantic distance between *bidjan and *bheidh- (not, of course,
that what I think matters to anyone, it would just be a favour if you
could explain the semantic development to me).
Andrew