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”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpan →Every word from Old Saxon bigrīpan →
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