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Where does “beest” come from?

beest (Middle English) comes from Old English bist, from Proto-Germanic biusi — second-person singular present active indicative...

beest (Middle English): Alternative form of beeste

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of beeste

Ancestry of “beest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbistsecond-person singular present of bēon
2Proto-Germanicbiusisecond-person singular present active indicative...

Words derived from “beest”

  • bist
Every word from Proto-Germanic biusi →