Where does “bevelen” come from?
bevelen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch bevēlen, from Old Dutch bifelan, from Proto-West Germanic bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic felhan, from Proto-Germanic felhaną, from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)-.
bevelen (Dutch): to order, to command
Definitions
- to order, to command
Ancestry of “bevelen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | bevēlen | to recommend, to advise |
| 2 | Old Dutch | bifelan | to entrust to; to command |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | bifelhan | to recommend, advise; to entrust, confide; to... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | felhan | to push in |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | felhaną | to enter, to go inside; to put inside, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pele(w)- | — |