Middle Low German be-

← Proto-Germanic *bi- (inherited)

← Middle Low German bî (link)

← Old Saxon bi- (inherited)

→ Danish bekende (affix)

→ Danish be- (derived)

→ Faroese besnissaður (cognate)

→ Middle Low German beschriven (compound)

→ Old Saxon bi- (link)

→ Swedish bereda (mention)