Where does “agibber” come from?

agibber (English) comes from English gibber, from English GIB, from English give, from English foregive, from English fore-, from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre — passed , crossed.

agibber (English): gibbering

Definitions

  1. gibbering

Ancestry of “agibber”, step by step

agibber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gibber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgibberGibberish, unintelligible speech; To jabber, talk...
2EnglishGIB
3EnglishgiveTo move, shift, provide something abstract or...
4EnglishforegiveTo give ahead of time; give in advance
5Englishfore-Positioned at or near the front; Before; ahead or...
6EnglishForeA people of Papua New Guinea
7GermanFahr
8GermanFähreferry
9Middle High Germanverren
10Old High Germanferranafrom afar
11Old High Germanferroafar; skipper
12Proto-West Germanic*ferrō
13Proto-Germanicferraifar, distant
14Proto-Indo-Europeanper-nóy
15Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via English A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAThe ordinal number first, derived from this...
2EnglishANDAlternative form of ∧, the conjunction operator;...
3Middle Englishandand, and then; however, yet, but, though. while;...
4Old Englishandand; even; also
5Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós
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