Where does “bedwell” come from?
Bedwell comes from Old English be- combined with dwell, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to stay" or "to remain."
bedwell (English): To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit
Definitions
- To dwell around or about (a place); inhabit
Ancestry of “bedwell”, step by step
bedwell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dwell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dwell | A period of time in which a system or component... |
| 2 | Middle English | dwellen | to dwell; to reside; to live |
| 3 | Old English | dwellan | to mislead, deceive; to hinder; to err, go astray |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *dwalljan | to be confused, perplex |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dwaljaną | to be confused, perplex; to hold up, delay |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Be | As an auxiliary verb |
| 2 | Middle English | be | Alternative form of been; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | bēo | I become, I will be, I am; bee |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | biumi | first-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *beuną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |