Where does “vrage” come from?
vrage (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.
vrage (Middle Dutch): question
Ancestry of “vrage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | *frāga | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *frāgu | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | frēgō | question |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |
Words derived from “vrage”