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Where does “begribe” come from?

begribe (Danish) comes from Middle Low German begrīpen, from Old Saxon bigrīpan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpan.

begribe (Danish): to understand, to grasp, to fathom

Definitions

  1. to understand, to grasp, to fathom

Ancestry of “begribe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbegrīpen—
2Old Saxonbigrīpan—
3Proto-Germanic*bigrīpan—

Words derived from “begribe”

  • ubegribelig
  • begribelig
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpan →