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Where does “Zugabe” come from?

Zugabe (German) comes from German gābe, 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.

Zugabe (German): bonus, add-on, extra; encore; Encore!

Definitions

  1. bonus, add-on, extra; encore; Encore!

Ancestry of “Zugabe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangābe—
2Germangebento give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;...
3Middle High Germangeben—
4Old High Germangebanto give
5Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →