Where does “gebiergan” come from?

gebiergan (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.

gebiergan (Old English): to taste, sample; savour, relish

Definitions

  1. to taste, sample; savour, relish

Ancestry of “gebiergan”, step by step

gebiergan 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 biergan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbierganto taste; to partake of
2Proto-Germanicbargijanąto taste
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰergʷ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →