Where does “begieten” come from?

begieten (Dutch) comes from Dutch gieten, from Middle Dutch gieten, from Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-West Germanic geutan, from Proto-Germanic geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

begieten (Dutch): to pour on

Definitions

  1. to pour on

Ancestry of “begieten”, step by step

begieten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gieten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgietento pour; to mould or cast; to pour down, to...
2Middle Dutchgietento pour; to flow, to stream
3Old Dutchgietanto pour
4Proto-West Germanicgeutanto pour
5Proto-Germanicgeutanąto pour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

via Dutch be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-Every word from Proto-Germanic geutaną