beshine

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*biskīnaną“to shine upon”
2. Old English · derived frombesċīnan“to shine upon, light up, illuminate”
3. Middle English · derived frombeshinen
4. English todaybeshine

From Middle English beshinen, beschinen, from Old English besċīnan (“to shine upon, light up, illuminate”), from Proto-Germanic *biskīnaną (“to shine upon”), equivalent to be- + shine. Cognate with Dutch beschijnen (“to shine upon”), German bescheinen (“to shine upon”).