Where does “wiedergeben” come from?

wiedergeben (German) comes from German wieder, from Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą, from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

wiedergeben (German): To echo; To render, portray, reproduce

Definitions

  1. To echo; To render, portray, reproduce

Ancestry of “wiedergeben”, step by step

wiedergeben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wieder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwiederagain
2Middle High Germanwideropposite
3Old High Germanwidaragainst; ram
4Proto-West Germanicwiþrtoward, against
5Proto-Germanicwiþrątoward, against
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwī-tero-further apart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against

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

Words derived from “wiedergeben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wiþrą →