bihagon

Old Saxon

Etymology

From bi- +‎ hagōn, from Proto-Germanic *bihagōną, from *hagō-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱak- (“to be able”), see also Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬐-‎ (sak-, “to agree”).[1][2]

Verb

bihagōn

  1. to please

Conjugation

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “behagen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 522
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