Where does “æfengereord” come from?

æfengereord (Old English) comes from Old English ġereord, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

æfengereord (Old English): supper, evening meal

Definitions

  1. supper, evening meal

Ancestry of “æfengereord”, step by step

æfengereord traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġereord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġereordspeech, language
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English ǣfen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣfenevening
2Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
3Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →