Where does “ġiefan” come from?

ġiefan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

ġiefan (Old English): to give

Definitions

  1. to give

Ancestry of “ġiefan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
2Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “ġiefan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geban →