Where does “beȥȥer” come from?

beȥȥer (Middle High German) comes from Old High German beȥȥiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō, from Proto-Germanic batizô, from Proto-Germanic gōdaz, from Proto-Germanic gadaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ- — to join; to unite; to suit.

Ancestry of “beȥȥer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanbeȥȥirobetter
2Proto-West Germanic*batiʀōbetter
3Proto-Germanicbatizôcomparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree...
4Proto-Germanicgōdazgood
5Proto-Germanicgadaną—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰedʰ-to join; to unite; to suit

Words derived from “beȥȥer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gadaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic gōdaz →