Where does “waiþanjan” come from?

waiþanjan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic waiþō, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

waiþanjan (Frankish): to hunt, graze; get food; to pasture, graze, hunt...

Definitions

  1. to hunt, graze; get food; to pasture, graze, hunt...

Ancestry of “waiþanjan”, step by step

waiþanjan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic waiþō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaiþōa hunt, pursuit, chase; a pasture, grassland,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Proto-Germanic waiþanjaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwaiþanjaną—

Words derived from “waiþanjan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic waiþō →