Where does “gābe” come from?

gābe (German) comes 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.

gābe (German): gift, present, donation, alms

Definitions

  1. gift, present, donation, alms

Ancestry of “gābe”, step by step

gābe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German geben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangebento give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;...
2Middle High Germangebento give
3Old High Germangebanto give
4Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
5Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Middle High German gābe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangābe—
2Old High Germangāba—
3Proto-West Germanicgābāgift
4Proto-Germanicgēbǭgift
5Proto-Germanicgebōgift; name of the G-rune

Words derived from “gābe”

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