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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 ; inhabit

Definitions

  1. To dwell around or about ; inhabit

Ancestry of “bedwell”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdwellA period of time in which a system or component...
2Middle Englishdwellento dwell; to reside; to live
3Old Englishdwellanto mislead, deceive; to hinder; to err, go astray
4Proto-West Germanic*dwalljan—
5Proto-Germanicdwaljanąto be confused, perplex; to hold up, delay
6Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
7Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
9Chichewaiyehe, she
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