Where does “gift” come from?

Gift comes from Middle English gift, from Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, derived from the Proto-Germanic verb gebaną meaning to give, with the suffix -tis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-.

gift (English): Something given to another voluntarily, without...

Definitions

  1. Something given to another voluntarily, without...

Ancestry of “gift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishyiftegift
2Old Norsegiptgift; good luck
3Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “gift

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-
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