Where does “vraag” come from?

vraag (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vraag, from Middle Dutch vrage, from Old Dutch *frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

vraag (Afrikaans): question

Definitions

  1. question

Ancestry of “vraag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvraagquestion, query; question, issue, problem;...
2Middle Dutchvragequestion
3Old Dutch*frāga—
4Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
5Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →