Where does “give” come from?

give (Middle English) comes from Old English ġiefu, from Proto-West Germanic gebu, from Proto-Germanic gebō — gift; name of the G-rune.

give (Middle English): suggest, given

Definitions

  1. suggest, given

Ancestry of “give”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġiefugift
2Proto-West Germanicgebugift
3Proto-Germanicgebōgift; name of the G-rune

Words derived from “give”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gebō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gebu →Every word from Old English ġiefu →