Where does “vragen” come from?

vragen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch vrâgen, from Old Saxon fragon, from Old Saxon frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

vragen (Dutch): to ask; to demand, exact; to require, need

Definitions

  1. to ask; to demand, exact; to require, need

Ancestry of “vragen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvrâgento ask
2Old Saxonfragonto ask, demand
3Old Saxonfrāgaquestion
4Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
5Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “vragen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →