beben
German (Berlin)
/ˈbeːbən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to shake, to quiver
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German biben inherited from Old High German bibēn (tremble) inherited from *bibēn inherited from Proto-Germanic *bibāną (shiver, quake) borrowed from Middle Low German beven derived from Old Saxon bibōn.
Origin
Old Saxon
bibōn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bever English
- bevering English
- bive English
- erbeben German
- *bʰeyh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bibāną Proto-Germanic
- *bʰeyH- Proto-Germanic
- bäva Swedish
- beofian Old English
- bifian Old English
- beveren Middle English
- bifa Old Norse
- bæve Danish
- biben Old High German
- bibēn Old High German
- erdbibunga Old High German
- biva Faroese
- biben Middle High German
- biewen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *bibēn gmw-pro
- *bivon Old Dutch
- beven Middle Low German
- bibōn Old Saxon
- bivon Old Saxon