Where does “geven” come from?

geven (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gēven, from Old Dutch gevan, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

geven (Dutch): to give

Definitions

  1. to give

Ancestry of “geven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgēvento give
2Old Dutchgevanto give
3Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “geven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →