Where does “bevēlen” come from?

bevēlen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bifelan, from Proto-West Germanic bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic felhan, from Proto-Germanic felhaną, from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)-.

bevēlen (Middle Dutch): to recommend, to advise

Definitions

  1. to recommend, to advise

Ancestry of “bevēlen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbifelanto entrust to; to command
2Proto-West Germanicbifelhanto recommend, advise; to entrust, confide; to...
3Proto-West Germanicfelhanto push in
4Proto-Germanicfelhanąto enter, to go inside; to put inside, to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpele(w)-—

Words derived from “bevēlen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic felhaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic felhan →