Where does “bifelahan” come from?
bifelahan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic bifelhan, from Proto-West Germanic felhan, from Proto-Germanic felhaną, from Proto-Indo-European pele(w)-.
Ancestry of “bifelahan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | bifelhan | to recommend, advise; to entrust, confide; to... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | felhan | to push in |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | felhaną | to enter, to go inside; to put inside, to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pele(w)- | — |
Words derived from “bifelahan”