be-
Old English
prefix
Definitions
- a productive prefix usually used to form verbs and adjectives, especially:
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bi- (be-, by, at, by-).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bi-
Gloss
be-, by, at, by-
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Other
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- be- English
- betides English
- *glemb- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *sweyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *werk'- Proto-Indo-European
- *werḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bi Proto-Germanic
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *furai Proto-Germanic
- beclyppan Old English
- beforan Old English
- beforancweþan Old English
- befȳlan Old English
- begyrdan Old English
- beswīcan Old English
- betwēonan Old English
- bewyrċean Old English
- bīeġan Old English
- foran Old English
- langian Old English
- be- Middle English
- before Middle English
- belongen Middle English
- bifore Middle English
- bi- Old High German
- binnen Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌹- Gothic
- *binnan Old Dutch
- bi- Old Dutch
- beroren Middle Low German
- binnen Middle Low German
- bi- Old Saxon
- *berīhan Frankish
- *berīhan, *berihan Frankish
- *birīhan, *biwrīhan Frankish
- binnen Western Frisian