Etymology Explorer
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Where does “giæf” come from?
giæf (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse gjǫf, from Proto-Germanic gebō — gift; name of the G-rune.
Ancestry of “giæf”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Norse
gjǫf
a gift
2
Proto-Germanic
gebō
gift; name of the G-rune
Every word from Proto-Germanic gebō →
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