beginnan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to begin
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (begin) affix from Old English ginnan.
Origin
Old English
ginnan
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begin English
- beginnen German
- beginneling Dutch, Flemish
- beginnen Dutch, Flemish
- beginner Dutch, Flemish
- beginpunt Dutch, Flemish
- beginsel Dutch, Flemish
- begynne Norwegian Bokmål
- begynnelse Norwegian Bokmål
- begynner Norwegian Bokmål
- påbegynne Norwegian Bokmål
- *biginnaną Proto-Germanic
- *biginnaz Proto-Germanic
- begynne Norwegian Nynorsk
- ginnan Old English
- beginnen Middle English
- ginnen Middle English
- beginnen Middle Dutch
- biginnan Old High German
- beginnen Middle High German
- באַגינען Yiddish
- biginnan Old Dutch
- beginnen Middle Low German
- biginnan Old Saxon
- ginnan Old Saxon
- begjinne Western Frisian
- *biginna Old Frisian
- biginna Old Frisian
- begünnen Low German