Etymology

Becht

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Proto-West Germanic *berht
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*berht
  2. English todayBecht

From the German surname, from a dialectal variant of berht (“bright, shining, famous”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *berht; see bright.

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*berht all →

bright

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