Where does “vrâgen” come from?

vrâgen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon fragon, from Old Saxon frāga, from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

vrâgen (Middle Dutch): to ask

Definitions

  1. to ask

Ancestry of “vrâgen”, step by step

vrâgen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon fragon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfragonto ask, demand
2Old Saxonfrāgaquestion
3Proto-West Germanic*frāguquestion
4Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—

via German frāgēn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfrāgēn—
2Middle High Germanvrāgento ask
3Old High Germanfrāgēn—
4Proto-Germanicfrēgōną—

via Old Dutch frāgon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfrāgonto ask

Words derived from “vrâgen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →