Words that come from Proto-Germanic “ginnaną”

50 words across 23 languages descend from Proto-Germanic ginnaną — including beginning, begin, beginningless, beginneth, unbeginning, beginnest, beginninglessness, rebegin.

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English (9)

Old Frisian (5)

Dutch (4)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Middle English (4)

Swedish (3)

Danish (3)

Old English (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

West Frisian (1)

Low German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)

Old High German (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Yiddish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

German (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Middle Low German (1)