Where does “beveiligen” come from?
beveiligen (Dutch) comes from Dutch veilig, from Middle Dutch veilich, from Proto-West Germanic *failī.
beveiligen (Dutch): to protect
Ancestry of “beveiligen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | veilig | safe; safely |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | veilich | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *failī | — |
Words derived from “beveiligen”