Where does “betjene” come from?
betjene (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish be-, from Middle Low German be-, from Old Saxon bi-, from Old Saxon bī, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī, from Proto-West Germanic bī, from Proto-Germanic bi — on, onto.
betjene (Norwegian Bokmål): to serve; to attend; to operate
Definitions
- to serve; to attend; to operate
Ancestry of “betjene”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Danish | be- | Forms adjectives from nouns, with the sense... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | be- | Makes an intransitive verb transitive or denotes... |
| 3 | Old Saxon | bi- | A productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 4 | Old Saxon | bī | by, near, around |
| 5 | Old English | bī- | by, near, around; by- |
| 6 | Old English | bī | lullaby!; near, by; by, near, around |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bī | by, at; near, around |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bi | by, at; near, around |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |