Where does “gemædan” come from?

gemædan (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.

gemædan (Old English): to madden, make foolish

Definitions

  1. to madden, make foolish

Ancestry of “gemædan”, step by step

gemædan 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 mǣdan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishmǣdanto make insane or foolish
2Proto-Germanicmaidijanąto exchange, change
3Proto-Germanicmaidazhurt, wounded; mad, foolish; angry, enraged
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
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