Turkish pronunciation
bōdPronunciation
/ˈbōd/ /ˈboʊd/
Etymology
[ 'bId ] (verb.) before 12th century. From Middle English boden, from Old English bodian (“announce, foretell”), from Proto-Germanic *budōnan (“to proclaim, announce, lere, instruct”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheudh- (“to be awake, perceive fully”). Related to Old English boda (“messenger, forerunner”), Dutch bode (“messenger, harbinger”), German Bote (“messenger”), from Proto-Germanic *budēn (“messenger”); See bid. Compare also Old Saxon gibod, German Gebot, Old Norse boð).
: Since 1740 also a shortening of forebode