English befile

← Old English befȳlan (inherited)

← English be (prefix)

← English file (prefix)

← English defile (link)

← Middle English befilen (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *bi- (derived)

← Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *puH- (root)

← Dutch bevuilen (cognate)

← Scots befile (cognate)