German beginnen

← English begin (cognate)

← West Frisian begjinne (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (inherited)

← Middle High German beginnen (inherited)

← Old High German biginnan (inherited)

← Low German beginnen (cognate)

← Dutch beginnen (cognate)

→ Old English beginnan (cognate)

→ Danish begynde (cognate)

→ Low German begünnen (cognate)

→ Swedish begynna (cognate)