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Where does “besteth” come from?

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

besteth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “besteth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBest—
2Middle EnglishbestAlternative form of beste; Alternative form of...
3Old Englishbistsecond-person singular present of bēon
4Proto-Germanicbiusisecond-person singular present active indicative...
Every word from Proto-Germanic biusi →