Where does “*frāga” come from?
*frāga (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.
Ancestry of “*frāga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *frāgu | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | frēgō | question |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | preḱ- | to ask |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥ḱneh₂ | — |