Where does “bedirty” come from?

bedirty (English) comes from English Be, from Middle English be, from Old English bēo, from Proto-West Germanic *bijā, from Proto-Germanic bijō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- — to hit, to pierce.

bedirty (English): to dirty, soil; make dirty

Definitions

  1. to dirty, soil; make dirty

Ancestry of “bedirty”, step by step

bedirty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBeAs an auxiliary verb
2Middle EnglishbeAlternative form of been; Alternative form of...
3Old EnglishbēoI become, I will be, I am; bee
4Proto-West Germanic*bijābee
5Proto-Germanicbijōbee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰī-to hit, to pierce

via English dirty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdirtyUnclean; covered with or containing unpleasant...
2Middle Englishdirti—
3Middle Englishdritti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bijō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bijā →