Old English beginnan

← Old English be- (affix)

← Old English ginnan (affix)

← German beginnen (cognate)

← West Frisian begjinne (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (inherited)

← Old High German biginnan (cognate)

← Low German begünnen (cognate)

← Dutch beginnen (cognate)

← Old Dutch biginnan (cognate)

← Old Frisian beginna (cognate)

← Old Frisian bijenna (mention)

← Old Saxon biginnan (cognate)

→ English begin (inherited)

→ English gin (inherited)

→ Middle English beginnen (inherited)

→ Old High German biginnan (mention)

→ Norwegian Bokmål begynne (cognate)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk begynne (cognate)

→ Old Saxon biginnan (mention)