besee

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*bisehwaną“to look, besee”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bisehwan
3. Old English · inherited frombesēon“to see, look, look around, behold, observe, look after, go to see, visit, provide for”
4. Middle English · inherited frombeseen
5. English todaybesee

From Middle English beseen, from Old English besēon (“to see, look, look around, behold, observe, look after, go to see, visit, provide for”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisehwan, from Proto-Germanic *bisehwaną (“to look, besee”), equivalent to be- + see. Cognate with Dutch bezien (“to look at, review”), German besehen (“to have a look at, inspect”), Danish bese (“to inspect”).