Where does “Frage” come from?

Frage (German) comes from Middle High German vrāge, from Old High German frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Frage (German): question; question, issue; question, doubt

Definitions

  1. question; question, issue; question, doubt

Ancestry of “Frage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvrāge—
2Old High Germanfrāgaquestion
3Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
4Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

Words derived from “Frage”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →
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