Where does “gift” come from?

gift (Middle High German) comes from Old High German gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

gift (Middle High German): gift, something given

Definitions

  1. gift, something given

Ancestry of “gift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangiftgift
2Proto-West Germanic*gifti—
3Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “gift”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic giftiz →