Where does “begripe” come from?

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

begripe (Norwegian Nynorsk): to grasp, understand, comprehend

Definitions

  1. to grasp, understand, comprehend

Ancestry of “begripe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanbegrīpen—
2Old Saxonbigrīpan—
3Proto-Germanic*bigrīpan—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *bigrīpan →Every word from Old Saxon bigrīpan →Every word from Middle Low German begrīpen →