Etymograph

English

besend

Besend comes from Middle English besenden ‘to send’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *sinþaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþaną1reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijaną2‘to send’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijan2‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendan3‘to send’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150besendan4‘to send (to), send across, let go’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500besenden4‘to send’
  7. Englishtodaybesend4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, which cites Kroonen
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old English sendan
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old English besendan
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English besend

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sinþanąWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, which cites Kroonenreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijanąWiktionary, Old English sendan‘to send’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijanWiktionary, Old English sendan‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendanWiktionary, Old English besendan‘to send’
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150besendanWiktionary, English besend‘to send (to), send across, let go’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500besendenWiktionary, English besend‘to send’
  7. EnglishtodaybesendWiktionary, English besend

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *sinþaną

Today it means

verb To send over or across; send to; send a message to.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “besend”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *sandijaną, Old English sendan, Old English besendan. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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