Where does “bezeilen” come from?
bezeilen (Dutch) comes from Dutch Zeilen, from Middle Dutch seilen, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
bezeilen (Dutch): to sail on (a body of water), to sail
Definitions
- to sail on (a body of water), to sail
Ancestry of “bezeilen”, step by step
bezeilen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Zeilen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Zeilen | Vela |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | seilen | to sail |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | be | — |