Where does “ċīeġan” come from?

ċīeġan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kauwjan, from Proto-Germanic kawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European gewH- — to call, name; to invoke, call on; to cry, cry...

ċīeġan (Old English): to call

Definitions

  1. to call

Ancestry of “ċīeġan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kauwjanto call
2Proto-Germanickawjanąto call; name
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangewH-to call, name; to invoke, call on; to cry, cry...

Words derived from “ċīeġan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kawjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kauwjan →