Where does “gebugan” come from?

gebugan (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.

gebugan (Old English): to bend, bow (down)

Definitions

  1. to bend, bow (down)

Ancestry of “gebugan”, step by step

gebugan 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 būgan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbūganto bend, bow
2Proto-West Germanicbeuganto bend, to become bent
3Proto-Germanicbeuganąto bend, bow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰūgʰ-to bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →