The story
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*bi-
- Old English · inherited frombegyrdan“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”
- Middle English · inherited frombegirden
- English todaybegird
From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijaną (“to gird”), equivalent to be- + gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*bi- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.