Where does “Begebenheit” come from?

Begebenheit (German) comes from German begeben, from German geben, from Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

Begebenheit (German): incident, event, occurrence

Definitions

  1. incident, event, occurrence

Ancestry of “Begebenheit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbegebento go, make one's way, repair; to happen; to...
2Germangebento give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;...
3Middle High Germangebento give
4Old High Germangebanto give
5Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “Begebenheit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geban →
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