Where does “boeten” come from?

boeten (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch buoten, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtijan, from Proto-Germanic bōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic bōtō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰed- — to improve, make better.

boeten (Middle Dutch): to improve, to make better; to still, to satisfy;...

Definitions

  1. to improve, to make better; to still, to satisfy;...

Ancestry of “boeten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchbuoten—
2Proto-West Germanic*bōtijanto improve
3Proto-Germanicbōtijanąto improve; to compensate
4Proto-Germanicbōtōimprovement, betterment; recompense, atonement
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰed-to improve, make better

Words derived from “boeten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰed- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōtō →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōtijaną →