Words that come from Old Norse “gefa”
106 words across 16 languages descend from Old Norse gefa — including give, giving, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving, caregiving, misgiving, almsgiving, giveaway.
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English (36)
- give
- giving
- Thanksgiving
- thanksgiving
- caregiving
- misgiving
- almsgiving
- giveaway
- givest
- lawgiving
- misgive
- giveness
- ungiving
- givingness
- givee
- prizegiving
- outgive
- givable
- unmisgiving
- ungive
- overgive
- nongiving
- foregive
- regive
- gaingiving
- upgive
- begive
- fore-give
- give suck
- thanksgive
- begiving
- Thanksgiving Thursday
- forthgive
- Giving Tuesday
- Thanksgivingy
- gift-giving