Where does “gestrienendlic” come from?

gestrienendlic (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.

gestrienendlic (Old English): begetting; genitive

Definitions

  1. begetting; genitive

Ancestry of “gestrienendlic”, step by step

gestrienendlic traces back through 3 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 līċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīċbody
2Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Old English strīenan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstrīenanto beget, generate
2Proto-Germanicstriunijanąto furnish, decorate, acquire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →