Where does “benægter” come from?

benægter (Danish) comes from Danish benægte, 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.

benægter (Danish): a denier

Definitions

  1. a denier

Ancestry of “benægter”, step by step

benægter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish benægte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishbenægteTo deny
2Danishbe-Forms adjectives from nouns, with the sense...
3Middle Low Germanbe-Makes an intransitive verb transitive or denotes...
4Old Saxonbi-A productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
5Old Saxonby, near, around
6Old Englishbī-by, near, around; by-
7Old Englishlullaby!; near, by; by, near, around
8Proto-West Germanicby, at; near, around
9Proto-Germanicbiby, at; near, around
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Danish er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danisherpresent of være; are
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts