Where does “geferlic” come from?

geferlic (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.

geferlic (Old English): social

Definitions

  1. social

Ancestry of “geferlic”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →