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Where does “ġewunod” come from?

ġewunod (Old English) comes from Old English ġewunian, 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.

Ancestry of “ġewunod”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ġewunod”

  • iwoned
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →