Where does “bȳsen” come from?

bȳsen (Old English) comes from Old Norse býsn, from Proto-Germanic būsniz, from Proto-Germanic beudaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- — to be awake, be aware.

bȳsen (Old English): model, exemplar, pattern, parable, command;...

Definitions

  1. model, exemplar, pattern, parable, command;...

Ancestry of “bȳsen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebýsnwonder, portent
2Proto-Germanicbūsniza command, order
3Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic beudaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic būsniz →
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