beginnen
Middle High German
verb
Definitions
- to begin
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German biginnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (begin).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*biginnaną
Gloss
begin
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
始
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begin English
- beginner English
- beginnest English
- beginneth English
- beginning English
- rebegin English
- beginnen German
- beginneling Dutch, Flemish
- beginnen Dutch, Flemish
- beginner Dutch, Flemish
- beginpunt Dutch, Flemish
- beginsel Dutch, Flemish
- *biginnaną Proto-Germanic
- *biginnaz Proto-Germanic
- beginnan Old English
- beginnen Middle English
- beginnen Middle Dutch
- biginnan Old High German
- באַגינען Yiddish
- biginnan Old Dutch
- beginnen Middle Low German
- biginnan Old Saxon
- *biginna Old Frisian
- biginna Old Frisian
- bigin Sranan Tongo
- bigin Nigerian Pidgin