Where does “beest” come from?

beest (English) comes from Middle English best, from Old English bist, from Proto-Germanic biusi — second-person singular present active indicative...

beest (English): second-person singular present subjunctive of be

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of be

Ancestry of “beest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishbestAlternative form of beste; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishbistsecond-person singular present of bēon
3Proto-Germanicbiusisecond-person singular present active indicative...
Every word from Proto-Germanic biusi →