Etymograph

English

berede

Berede comes from Old English berǣdan ‘to deprive, take by treachery, rob’, and goes back to rǣdan ‘to advise’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150rǣdan1‘to advise’
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150berǣdan2‘to deprive, take by treachery, rob’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bireaden2
  4. Englishtodayberede2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Old English berædan
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English berede

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150rǣdanWiktionary, Old English berædan‘to advise’
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150berǣdanWiktionary, English berede‘to deprive, take by treachery, rob’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500bireadenWiktionary, English berede
  4. EnglishtodayberedeWiktionary, English berede

Formed from be- + rede

Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi ‘at, near’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi

Proto-Germanic *bi ‘near, by’

Proto-Germanic *bi-

Proto-West Germanic *bi-

English be-

Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- ‘to think, arrange’

…

Proto-Germanic *rēdaz ‘advice, counsel’

Proto-West Germanic *rād ‘advice, counsel’

Old English rǣd ‘advice’

Middle English red ‘counsel, advice, recommendation’

English rede

Linked words

through Old English rǣdan ‘to advise’

read, reed, 8 more

Today it means

verb To advise.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “berede”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Old English berædan. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Old English rǣdan / berede

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