An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/bewegen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
bewegen
Friedrich Kluge2506241An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, B — bewegen1891John Francis Davis

bewegen (1.), vb., ‘to move,’ from MidHG. bewëgen, OHG. biwëgan. See wegen.

bewegen (2.), vb., ‘to stir, excite,’ from the equiv. MidHG. bewęgen, OHG. biwęcken, biwęgen, factitive of the preceding. See wegen.