Where does “give” come from?

Give comes from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰab(ʰ)-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-.

give (English): To move, shift, provide something abstract or...

Definitions

  1. To move, shift, provide something abstract or...

Ancestry of “give”, step by step

give traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English foregive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishforegiveTo give ahead of time; give in advance
2Englishfore-Positioned at or near the front; Before; ahead or...
3EnglishForeA people of Papua New Guinea
4GermanFahr—
5GermanFähreferry
6Middle High Germanverren—
7Old High Germanferranafrom afar
8Old High Germanferroafar; skipper
9Proto-West Germanic*ferrō—
10Proto-Germanicferraifar, distant
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-nóy—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Middle English give

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgivesuggest, given
2Old Englishġiefugift
3Proto-West Germanicgebugift
4Proto-Germanicgebōgift; name of the G-rune

Words derived from “give”

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