Where does “ȝiven” come from?

ȝiven (Middle English) comes from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

ȝiven (Middle English): to give

Definitions

  1. to give

Ancestry of “ȝiven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġiefanto give
2Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
3Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geban →