Where does “beetnemen” come from?

beetnemen (Dutch) comes from Dutch beet, from Middle Dutch bēte, from Latin bēta, from Latin -ina, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

beetnemen (Dutch): to fool, to trick

Definitions

  1. to fool, to trick

Ancestry of “beetnemen”, step by step

beetnemen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch beet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbeetbite; Alternative form of biet; singular past...
2Middle Dutchbētebite
3LatinbētaA beet
4Latin-inanominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative...
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Dutch nemen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnemento take, to take hold of, to grasp or grab; to...
2Middle Dutchnēmento take
3Old Dutchnemanto take; to take away
4Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
5Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin -ina →