Where does “ġefēġan” come from?

ġefēġan (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.

ġefēġan (Old English): to join, fay

Definitions

  1. to join, fay

Ancestry of “ġefēġan”, step by step

ġefēġan 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 fēġan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfēġanto join, unite
2Proto-West Germanicfōgijanto fit together, to join
3Proto-Germanicfōgijanąto fit or join together
4Proto-Germanicfōgōjoint, slot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ḱ-to join, to attach; agreement, settlement

Words derived from “ġefēġan”

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