Where does “gebyht” come from?

gebyht (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.

gebyht (Old English): corner

Definitions

  1. corner

Ancestry of “gebyht”, step by step

gebyht 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 byht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbyhtbend, angle, corner; bay, bight; a bend
2Proto-Germanicbuhtizbend, curve, arch, angle; corner; a bend in a...
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 →