Etymology

bewend

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Today it means: To turn; turn around. Full definition →

Middle English bewenden ← Old English bewendan ← Proto-West Germanic *biwandijan
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*biwandijaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*biwandijan
  3. Old English · inherited frombewendan“to turn around”
  4. Middle English · inherited frombewenden
  5. English todaybewend

From Middle English bewenden, biwenden, from Old English bewendan (“to turn around”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwandijan, from Proto-Germanic *biwandijaną. By surface analysis, be- + wend.

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