Where does “beodfers” come from?

beodfers (Old English) comes from Old English fers, from Latin versus, from Latin vertō, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

beodfers (Old English): grace prayer before a meal

Definitions

  1. grace prayer before a meal

Ancestry of “beodfers”, step by step

beodfers traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fers

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfersverse; sentence, title
2Latinversusturned, changed, having been turned; towards,...
3Latinvertōto turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
4Proto-Italicwertōto turn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Old English beod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbeodtable; dish
2Proto-GermanicbeudazThat on which something is offered; table
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Italic wertō →