Where does “geþoht” come from?

geþoht (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.

geþoht (Old English): thought, what is determined after thought, idea,...

Definitions

  1. thought, what is determined after thought, idea,...

Ancestry of “geþoht”, step by step

geþoht 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 þōht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþōhtthought
2Proto-Germanicþanhtazthought, idea
3Proto-Germanicþankijanąto perceive, to think
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteng-to think
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →