Where does “bemesten” come from?

bemesten (Dutch) comes from Dutch mesten, from Middle Dutch mesten.

bemesten (Dutch): to fertilise, to manure, to bedung to apply fertiliser or manure to of soil, plants and crops

Definitions

  1. to fertilise, to manure, to bedung to apply fertiliser or manure to of soil, plants and crops

Ancestry of “bemesten”, step by step

bemesten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch mesten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmestento fatten
2Middle Dutchmesten

via Dutch be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbe
Every word from Middle Dutch mestenEvery word from Dutch mesten