Where does “geferlæcan” come from?

geferlæcan (Old English) comes from Old English ġefēra, 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.

geferlæcan (Old English): to keep somebody's or something's company or...

Definitions

  1. to keep somebody's or something's company or...

Ancestry of “geferlæcan”, step by step

geferlæcan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġefēra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġefēracompanion, comrade
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English læcan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlæcanto move quickly, spring, leap; whip, flicker
2Proto-Germaniclaikijaną—
3Proto-Germaniclaikanąto jump, play, move, swing about
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →