bedoven

The story

1. Old English · inherited frombedūfan“to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown”
2. Old English · inherited frombedofen
3. Middle English · inherited frombedoven
4. English todaybedoven

From Middle English bedoven, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan (“to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown”), equivalent to be- + dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven (“immersed”).