Where does “bekleckern” come from?

bekleckern (German) comes from German be-, from German be.

bekleckern (German): to mess up one's clothes with something, spill on them

Definitions

  1. to mess up one's clothes with something, spill on them

Ancestry of “bekleckern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbe-Inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working...
2Germanbe—
Every word from German be →Every word from German be- →
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