Where does “Gegengift” come from?

Gegengift (German) comes from German gift, from Middle High German gift, from Old High German gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

Gegengift (German): antidote

Definitions

  1. antidote

Ancestry of “Gegengift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangiftpoison; toxin; venom
2Middle High Germangiftgift, something given
3Old High Germangiftgift
4Proto-West Germanic*gifti—
5Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “Gegengift”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic giftiz →
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