Where does “web bem” come from?
web bem (Middle English) comes from Middle English web, from Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic wabją, from Proto-Germanic webaną, from Proto-Indo-European webʰ- — to weave, braid.
web bem (Middle English): The beam of a loom
Definitions
- The beam of a loom
Ancestry of “web bem”, step by step
web bem traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English web
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | web | Alternative form of webbe |
| 2 | Old English | webb | web |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wabją | something woven; web |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | webaną | to weave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | webʰ- | to weave, braid |
via Middle English beem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | beem | A usually wooden beam or pole |
| 2 | Old English | bēam | tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam,... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | baum | tree; beam |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | baumaz | Alternative form of *bagmaz; tree, beam, balk;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |