Where does “bävan” come from?

bävan (Swedish) comes from Swedish bäva, from Icelandic bifa, from French biffer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

bävan (Swedish): dread

Definitions

  1. dread

Ancestry of “bävan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishbävato tremble, quiver, shudder; to be uneasy or...
2Icelandicbifato budge
3Frenchbifferto cross out, strike through; to cancel, annul
4French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
5Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
6Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ierEvery word from French -erEvery word from Middle French -er