beatan

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (to hit, strike).

Compare Old Irish fo·botha (he threatened), Latin confutō (I strike down), fūstis (stick, club), Albanian bahe (sling), Lithuanian baudžiù, Old Armenian բութ (butʻ)).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bēatan

  1. to beat
  2. to hit, strike
  3. to box

Conjugation

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Descendants

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