Where does “afbestille” come from?
afbestille (Danish) comes from Danish bestille, from Danish be-, from Middle Low German be-, from Old Saxon bi-, from Old Saxon bī, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī, from Proto-West Germanic bī — on, onto.
afbestille (Danish): to cancel a booking, order etc
Definitions
- to cancel a booking, order etc
Ancestry of “afbestille”, step by step
afbestille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish bestille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | bestille | to order |
| 2 | Danish | be- | Forms adjectives from nouns, with the sense... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | be- | Makes an intransitive verb transitive or denotes... |
| 4 | Old Saxon | bi- | A productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old Saxon | bī | by, near, around |
| 6 | Old English | bī- | by, near, around; by- |
| 7 | Old English | bī | lullaby!; near, by; by, near, around |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bī | by, at; near, around |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |