Where does “bedecken” come from?

bedecken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bithekken, from Proto-West Germanic biþakkjan, from Proto-West Germanic þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic þakjaną, from Proto-Germanic þaką, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

bedecken (Middle Dutch): to cover; to hide, to conceal; to keep secret

Definitions

  1. to cover; to hide, to conceal; to keep secret

Ancestry of “bedecken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbithekken—
2Proto-West Germanicbiþakkjanto cover, cover with thatch
3Proto-West Germanicþakkjanto cover; to burn
4Proto-Germanicþakjanąto cover; to burn
5Proto-Germanicþakąroof, cover
6Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “bedecken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þaką →Every word from Proto-Germanic þakjaną →