Where does “beestenbende” come from?
beestenbende (Dutch) comes from Dutch beest, from Middle Dutch beeste, from Middle Dutch beste, from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia — a beast.
beestenbende (Dutch): A complete mess
Ancestry of “beestenbende”, step by step
beestenbende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch beest
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | beest | An animal, a beast; An animal kept as livestock,... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | beeste | — |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | beste | inflection of best:
## masculine nominative... |
| 4 | Old French | beste | beast, animal |
| 5 | Latin | bēstia | a beast |
via Dutch bende
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | bende | gang, squad; mess as in: a disagreeable mixture... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bende | — |
| 3 | Old French | bende | — |
| 4 | Frankish | binda | join, link |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰendʰ- | to bind; bond |