Where does “genesen” come from?

genesen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch ginesan, from Proto-Germanic ganesaną, from Proto-Germanic nesaną, from Proto-Indo-European nes- — to return home.

genesen (Middle Dutch): to survive; to save; to get better, to heal, to...

Definitions

  1. to survive; to save; to get better, to heal, to...

Ancestry of “genesen”, step by step

genesen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch ginesan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchginesan—
2Proto-Germanicganesanąto heal
3Proto-Germanicnesanąto survive, recover, heal
4Proto-Indo-Europeannes-to return home

via Middle Dutch nesen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle DutchnesenSynonym of genēsen
2Old Dutchnesan—

Words derived from “genesen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nes- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nesaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic ganesaną →