Where does “gefrignan” come from?

gefrignan (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.

gefrignan (Old English): to find out, hear about, discover, learn...

Definitions

  1. to find out, hear about, discover, learn...

Ancestry of “gefrignan”, step by step

gefrignan 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 friġnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfriġnanto inquire, ask; to ask, inquire, learn
2Proto-Germanicfrehnanąto ask, inquire
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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