Where does “geben” come from?

geben (German) comes 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.

geben (German): to give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;...

Definitions

  1. to give; to hand, to pass, to put within reach;...

Ancestry of “geben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangebento give
2Old High Germangebanto give
3Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “geben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →