Where does “belam” come from?
belam (English) comes from English Lam, from Middle English lamen, from Old English lemian, from Proto-Germanic lamjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
belam (English): To beat or bang
Definitions
- To beat or bang
Ancestry of “belam”, step by step
belam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Lam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Lam | To beat or thrash |
| 2 | Middle English | lamen | — |
| 3 | Old English | lemian | to lame |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lamjaną | to bash, hit; to lame, cripple |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | 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... |