Where does “gifte” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gifte”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gifte”

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