Where does “beten” come from?

beten (Tok Pisin) comes from German beten, from Middle High German beten, from Old High German betōn — to pray.

beten (Tok Pisin): prayer

Definitions

  1. prayer

Ancestry of “beten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbetento pray
2Middle High Germanbeten—
3Old High Germanbetōnto pray

Words derived from “beten”

Every word from Old High German betōn →Every word from Middle High German beten →Every word from German beten →