bihagon

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Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From bi- +‎ hagōn, from Proto-Germanic *bihagōną, from *hagō-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (to be able), see also Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐- (sak-, to agree).[1][2]

Verb[edit]

bihagōn

  1. to please

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “behagen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 522, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 522