Where does “ġereord” come from?

ġereord (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.

ġereord (Old English): speech, language

Definitions

  1. speech, language

Ancestry of “ġereord”, step by step

ġereord 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 reord

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishreordvoice; speech, language; first/third-person...
2Proto-Germanicrazdōvoice; sound
3Proto-Indo-Europeanres-to shout, speak; to shout, speak; voice, speech,...

Words derived from “ġereord”

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