Where does “opbiepen” come from?
opbiepen (Dutch) comes from Dutch biepen, from English beep, from English big, from Middle English big, from Middle English biggen, from Old Norse byggja, from Proto-Germanic būwijaną, from Proto-Germanic būaną — to become, grow, appear.
opbiepen (Dutch): to beep (someone), call by beeper
Definitions
- to beep (someone), call by beeper
Ancestry of “opbiepen”, step by step
opbiepen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch biepen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | biepen | to beep; to contact by beeper, pager |
| 2 | English | beep | The sound produced by the horn of a car, or any... |
| 3 | English | big | Of great size, large; Thought to have undue... |
| 4 | Middle English | big | — |
| 5 | Middle English | biggen | build; dwell |
| 6 | Old Norse | byggja | to settle, build; to inhabit, dwell, live; to let... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | būwijaną | to settle, to inhabit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |