Where does “bēven” come from?
bēven (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch bivon, from Proto-West Germanic bibēn, from Proto-Germanic bibāną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyH- — to beat, strike, hew; to strike; beat; to fear,...
bēven (Middle Dutch): to shake, to shiver, to tremble
Definitions
- to shake, to shiver, to tremble
Ancestry of “bēven”, step by step
bēven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Dutch bivon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | bivon | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | bibēn | to tremble |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | bibāną | to tremble, quake, shiver |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeyH- | to beat, strike, hew; to strike; beat; to fear,... |
via Old Saxon bibōn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | bibōn | — |