Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “begrīpen” come from?

begrīpen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon bigrīpan, from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpan.

Ancestry of “begrīpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbigrīpan—
2Proto-Germanic*bigrīpan—

Words derived from “begrīpen”

  • ubegribelig
  • begribelig
  • begribe
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpan →