An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/anbeischig

by Friedrich Kluge

anbeischig, adjective, from the equivalent Middle High German antheiȥec, antheiȥe. adjective, ‘bound, engaged,’ influenced by hetschen; the Middle High German adjective is derived from Middle High German and Old High German an-theiȥ, ‘vow, promise,’ which, like Gothic andahait ‘confession,’ Anglo-Saxon ondettan, ‘to confess,’ is compound of the particle ant- and the root hait, ‘to bid.’