Where does “geben” come from?

geben (Middle High German) comes from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

geben (Middle High German): to give

Definitions

  1. to give

Ancestry of “geben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangebanto give
2Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
3Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “geben”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geban →