Where does “B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown-B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown RoundVertSidetoside-RoundVertSidetoside” come from?

B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown-B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown RoundVertSidetoside-RoundVertSidetoside (American Sign Language) comes from English behave, from Middle English behaven, from Old English behabban, from Proto-Germanic *bihabbjan.

B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown-B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown RoundVertSidetoside-RoundVertSidetoside (American Sign Language): to behave; behavior

Definitions

  1. to behave; behavior

Ancestry of “B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown-B@SideTrunkhigh-PalmDown RoundVertSidetoside-RoundVertSidetoside”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbehaveTo conduct well, or in a given way; To act,...
2Middle Englishbehaven
3Old Englishbehabbanto surround or embrace something; to hold or...
4Proto-Germanic*bihabbjan
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bihabbjanEvery word from Old English behabbanEvery word from Middle English behaven