Where does “geven” come from?

geven (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon gevan, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

geven (Middle Low German): to give

Definitions

  1. to give

Ancestry of “geven”, step by step

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

Words derived from “geven”

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