Where does “bedrunken” come from?
bedrunken (English) comes from English bedrink, from Middle English bedrinken, from Old English bedrincan, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
bedrunken (English): drunken, drunk
Definitions
- drunken, drunk
Ancestry of “bedrunken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bedrink | To drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | bedrinken | — |
| 3 | Old English | bedrincan | to drink in, drink up, absorb |
| 4 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 5 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |