Where does “gegyrdan” come from?

gegyrdan (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.

gegyrdan (Old English): to gird; to invest with attributes

Definitions

  1. to gird; to invest with attributes

Ancestry of “gegyrdan”, step by step

gegyrdan 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 gyrdan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgyrdanto gird
2Proto-Germanicgurdijanąto gird
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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