Old English bydel

← Old English bod (affix)

← Old English -el (affix)

← Old English bēodan (cognate)

← English bid (link)

← Proto-Germanic *budilaz (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *beudaną (mention)

← Proto-West Germanic *budil (inherited)

← Old High German butil (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (derived)

→ English beadle (inherited)

→ German Büttel (cognate)

→ French bedeau (cognate)

→ Old French bedel (cognate)

→ Italian bidello (cognate)