Where does “ġebētan” come from?

ġebētan (Old English) comes 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.

ġebētan (Old English): to fix, repair

Definitions

  1. to fix, repair

Ancestry of “ġebētan”, step by step

ġebētan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

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

via Old English bētan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbētanto improve
2Proto-West Germanic*bōtijanto improve
3Proto-Germanicbōtijanąto improve; to compensate
4Proto-Germanicbōtōimprovement, betterment; recompense, atonement
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰed-to improve, make better

Words derived from “ġebētan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →