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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*bi

4 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *bi, most common first.

byNear or next to.
betrayTo deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
begoTo go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
be-By, near, next to, around, close to.