Where does “begaben” come from?

begaben (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.

begaben (German): to endow

Definitions

  1. to endow

Ancestry of “begaben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangābegift, present, donation, alms
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →