Where does “gift” come from?

gift (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

Ancestry of “gift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgift
2Proto-West Germanic*gifti
3Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “gift

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-