English behest

← Old English behǣs (inherited)

← Old English behātan (cognate)

← English hight (link)

← Middle English biheste (inherited)

← Middle English hest (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *bi (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *haisiz (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *haitaną (mention)

← Middle Low German beheit (cognate)

← Middle Low German behēt (mention)

→ German heißen (mention)