Where does “begynner” come from?

begynner (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål begynne, from Danish begynde, from Middle Low German beginnen, from Old Saxon biginnan, from Proto-West Germanic *biginnan, from Proto-Germanic biginnaną, from Proto-Germanic bi-, from Proto-Germanic bi — on, onto.

begynner (Norwegian Bokmål): beginner; present tense of begynne

Definitions

  1. beginner; present tense of begynne

Ancestry of “begynner”, step by step

begynner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål begynne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålbegynneto begin, start
2Danishbegyndeto start, begin, commence, open
3Middle Low Germanbeginnento begin
4Old Saxonbiginnanto begin
5Proto-West Germanic*biginnanto start, to begin
6Proto-Germanicbiginnanąto begin
7Proto-Germanicbi-by, at
8Proto-Germanicbiby, at; near, around
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Norwegian Bokmål er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålerpresent of være
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts →