Dutch word bedreigen comes from Dutch be-, Dutch dreigen

Detailed word origin of bedreigen

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
be-	Dutch (nld)	Used to indicate that a verb is acting on a direct object (making the verb transitive). Always unstressed.
dreigen	Dutch (nld)	(intransitive) to be imminent, to loom. (intransitive) to threaten.
bedreigen	Dutch (nld)	(transitive) to threaten.

Words with the same origin as bedreigen