be-
Middle Low German
/bə-/
prefix
Definitions
- Makes an intransitive verb transitive or denotes that the action is targeted at something or accompanying something.
- Denotes on top, onto, often used to create figurative meanings.
- Denotes next to, very close.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon bi- 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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- business 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
- beskrive Norwegian Bokmål
- *bi Proto-Germanic
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- beskrive Norwegian Nynorsk
- be- Old English
- beclyppan Old English
- befȳlan Old English
- begyrdan Old English
- beswīcan Old English
- betwēonan Old English
- bewyrċean Old English
- bīeġan Old English
- be- Danish
- bi- Old High German
- besnissaður Faroese
- binnen Middle High German
- 𐌱𐌹- Gothic
- *binnan Old Dutch
- bi- Old Dutch
- beroren Middle Low German
- beschriven Middle Low German
- binnen Middle Low German
- schrîven Middle Low German
- bi- Old Saxon
- *berīhan Frankish
- *berīhan, *berihan Frankish
- *birīhan, *biwrīhan Frankish
- binnen Western Frisian