Where does “yive” come from?

yive (English) comes from Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

yive (English): To give

Definitions

  1. To give

Ancestry of “yive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishyivenAlternative form of ȝiven
2Old Englishġiefanto give
3Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geban →