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)-.
Ancestry of “bevēlen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | bifelan | to entrust to; to command |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | bifelhan | to recommend, advise; to entrust, confide; to... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | felhan | to push in |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | felhaną | to enter, to go inside; to put inside, to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pele(w)- | — |
Words derived from “bevēlen”