Words that come from Proto-Germanic “bedą”

78 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-Germanic bedą — including beg, begging, beggar, beggarly, beggary, beggarman, bede, begger.

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English (34)

Middle English (9)

Dutch (7)

German (5)

Old English (5)

Volapük (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Luxembourgish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Low German (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Norman (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old High German (1)