Where does “lawgiving” come from?

lawgiving (English) comes from English giving, from English give, from English foregive, from English fore-, from English Fore, from German Fahr, from German Fähre, from Middle High German verren — passed , crossed.

lawgiving (English): Enacting laws; legislative

Definitions

  1. Enacting laws; legislative

Ancestry of “lawgiving”, step by step

lawgiving traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English giving

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

via English Law

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLawperhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound
2EnglishspeakerOne who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone
3English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
4French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
5Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
6Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
7Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
8Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
9Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
10Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tósEvery word from Proto-Indo-European per-Every word from Proto-Indo-European per-nóy