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Where does “bringeth” come from?

Bringeth is the archaic third-person singular form of English bring, from Middle English bringen, Old English bringan, and Proto-Germanic *bringan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, meaning to carry or bear.

bringeth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “bringeth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbringTo transport toward somebody/somewhere; To supply...
2Middle Englishbryngen—
3Old Englishbringanto bring
4Proto-West Germanicbringanto bring
5Proto-Germanicbringanąto bring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrenḱ-to deviate, corrupt
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
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