Where does “behedge” come from?

behedge (English) comes from English hedge, from Middle English hegge, from Old English heċġ, from Proto-Germanic *haggju.

behedge (English): To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge;...

Definitions

  1. To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge;...

Ancestry of “behedge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhedgeA thicket of bushes or other shrubbery,...
2Middle EnglishheggeA hedge; a plant grown as a boundary; A bush or...
3Old Englishheċġfence
4Proto-Germanic*haggju—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *haggju →Every word from Old English heċġ →Every word from Middle English hegge →