Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo say about (someone or something); get something across verbally or by saying; relay; signify; declare.
From Middle English besayen, biseggen, from Old English beseċġan (“to announce, introduce; defend, excuse oneself; accuse”), from Proto-Germanic *bisagjaną, equivalent to be- (“about, concerning, across”) + say. Cognate with Dutch bezeggen, German besagen (“to say”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionbesayenenm
- Inherited-form mentionbeseċġanang
- Inherited-form mention*bisagjanągem-pro
- Cognate mentionbezeggennl
- Cognate mentionbesagende · to say
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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