Where does “bifelan” come from?

bifelan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic felhan, from Proto-Germanic felhaną, from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)-.

bifelan (Old Dutch): to entrust to; to command

Definitions

  1. to entrust to; to command

Ancestry of “bifelan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbifelhanto recommend, advise; to entrust, confide; to...
2Proto-West Germanicfelhanto push in
3Proto-Germanicfelhanąto enter, to go inside; to put inside, to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpele(w)-—

Words derived from “bifelan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic felhaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic felhan →