Old English beþencan

← Old English be (prefix)

← Old English þenċan (prefix)

← German bedenken (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *biþankijaną (inherited)

← Old High German bidenken (cognate)

← Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 (cognate)

← Old Frisian bithanka (cognate)

← Old Saxon bithenkian (cognate)