Where does “bēatan” come from?

bēatan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic bautan, from Proto-Germanic bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

bēatan (Old English): to thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,...

Definitions

  1. to thrash, beat; to beat, pound, strike, lash,...

Ancestry of “bēatan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
2Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “bēatan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bautaną →