Etymology
1. merger of two words.
Bid farewell is from O.E.
biddan "to beg, ask, demand" (class V strong verb, past tense
bæd, past participle
beden), from P.Gmc.
*bithjan (cf. Ger.
bitten "to ask"), from PIE base
*bhidh- "command, persuade, trust" (cf. Gk.
peithein "to persuade,"
pistis "faith;" L.
fidere "to trust,"
foedus "compact, treaty," O.C.S.
beda "need"). A
bid at an auction, meanwhile, is from O.E.
beodan "offer, proclaim" (class II strong verb; p.t.
bead, p.p.
boden), from P.Gmc.
*biudanan "to stretch out, reach out, offer, present," (cf. Ger.
bieten "to offer"), from PIE base
*bh(e)udh- "to offer, present" (cf. Skt.
bodhati "is awake, is watchful, observes,"
buddhah "awakened, enlightened;" O.C.S.
bljudo "to observe;" Lith.
budeti "to be awake;" O.Ir.
buide "contentment, thanks").
2. From Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan (“to ask, demand”), from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰedʰ-. Conflated with Old English bēodan (“to offer, announce”) (see Etymology 2 below).
3. Compare West Frisian bidde, Low German bidden, Dutch bidden ("to pray"), German bitten, Danish bede, Norwegian Bokmål be. See: Middle English '
bidden', Proto-Germanic '
*bidjaną', Low Saxon 'bidden', Dutch '
bidden', German, old spelling '
bitten', Danish '
bede', Norwegian '
be'.
Verbs referencing "bid"
Norwegian, nynorsk
be, Swedish
be, German, old spelling
bitten, Norwegian, nynorsk
by, Pali
bujjhati, Low Saxon bidden, Luxembourgish
bidden, German, old spelling
bieten, Low Saxon beden, Danish
bede, Sanskrit
बोधति, Danish
byde, German, Pennsylvania
bidde, Cimbrian pittan.