Where does “befassen” come from?

befassen (German) comes from German fassen, from Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German vaz, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

befassen (German): To attend to, to deal with, to engage oneself in,...

Definitions

  1. To attend to, to deal with, to engage oneself in,...

Ancestry of “befassen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfassento gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...
2Middle High Germanvazzen—
3Old High Germanvazvessel
4Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container
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