Where does “ġiefu” come from?

ġiefu (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gebu, from Proto-Germanic gebō — gift; name of the G-rune.

ġiefu (Old English): gift

Definitions

  1. gift

Ancestry of “ġiefu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgebugift
2Proto-Germanicgebōgift; name of the G-rune

Words derived from “ġiefu”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gebō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gebu →