Where does “geleoran” come from?

geleoran (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.

geleoran (Old English): to go, depart, emigrate, die

Definitions

  1. to go, depart, emigrate, die

Ancestry of “geleoran”, step by step

geleoran 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 leoran

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishleoranto pass away, to depart; to pass over or pass...
2Proto-Germanicleusanąto lose, to cease to have
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →