Where does “betimber” come from?
betimber (English) comes from Middle English betimbren, from Old English betimbran, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
betimber (English): To build; To furnish with timber; timber
Definitions
- To build; To furnish with timber; timber
Ancestry of “betimber”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | betimbren | — |
| 2 | Old English | betimbran | to build, construct (with wood) |
| 3 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 4 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |