Where does “gedafenian” come from?

gedafenian (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.

gedafenian (Old English): to be becoming or fit, to behove (chiefly, with)

Definitions

  1. to be becoming or fit, to behove (chiefly, with)

Ancestry of “gedafenian”, step by step

gedafenian 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 dafenian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdafenianto be fitting, becoming or seemly, suit
2Old Englishdafenwhat is fitting; becoming, fit, suitable,...
3Proto-Germanicdabanąto come to pass, occur, happen; to fit, be...
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰabʰ-appropriate, good, fitting
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →