Where does “bycġan” come from?

bycġan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic buggjan, from Proto-Germanic bugjaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- — to bend; curve, arch.

bycġan (Old English): to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom,...

Definitions

  1. to buy, pay for, acquire, redeem, ransom,...

Ancestry of “bycġan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicbuggjanto buy
2Proto-Germanicbugjanąto deal; do business; exchange; to purchase; buy;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewgʰ-to bend; curve, arch

Words derived from “bycġan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bugjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic buggjan →
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