From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti. *<span class="searchmatch">gʷedyeti</span> to pray <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Brythonic: Welsh: gweddïo Old Irish: guidid Irish: guigh Manx: guee Scottish Gaelic: guidh...
(imperfective) to keep requesting, to keep asking for <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Celtic</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">gʷedyeti</span> (see there for further descendants) <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Germanic: *bidjaną (“to bid, make a request...
From a reanalysis of <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *-éh₂ being attached to the present stem of *-yeti verbs like *<span class="searchmatch">gʷedyeti</span> (“to pray”) (whence Old Irish guide (“prayer”))...
⇒ Old Irish: ar·neat *ni-stāyeti ⇒ Old Irish: con·nessa, ad·nessa *ni-<span class="searchmatch">gʷedyeti</span> ⇒ Old Irish: ar·neget *nityos ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “nitio-”, in Dictionnaire...