Where does “gescufan” come from?

gescufan (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.

gescufan (Old English): to expel, eject; to impel, drive, beget action

Definitions

  1. to expel, eject; to impel, drive, beget action

Ancestry of “gescufan”, step by step

gescufan 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 sċūfan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċūfanto push, shove
2Proto-Germanic*skeuban—
3Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →