Where does “gehrinan” come from?

gehrinan (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.

gehrinan (Old English): to touch, affect; to take hold of, seize; to...

Definitions

  1. to touch, affect; to take hold of, seize; to...

Ancestry of “gehrinan”, step by step

gehrinan 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 hrīnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhrīnanto touch, reach, strike
2Proto-West Germanichrīnanto brush against, to graze
3Proto-Germanichrīnanąto touch, brush (against), make contact (with), graze
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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