Where does “bewet” come from?

bewet (English) comes from Middle English beweten, from English wet, from Middle English wet, from Middle English weten, from Old English wǣtan, from Proto-Germanic wētijaną, from Indo-European *wed-.

bewet (English): To wet or moisten profusely

Definitions

  1. To wet or moisten profusely

Ancestry of “bewet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbeweten
2EnglishwetMade up of liquid or moisture, usually water; Of...
3Middle Englishwetwet, watery; wet, rainy; liquid, fluid
4Middle Englishwetento wet
5Old Englishwǣtanto wet, moisten, water
6Proto-Germanicwētijanąto wet; make wet
7Indo-European*wed-
Every word from Indo-European *wed-
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