Where does “guþfrec” come from?

guþfrec (Old English) comes from Old English frec, from Proto-Germanic frekaz, from Proto-Indo-European pereg-.

guþfrec (Old English): bold in war

Definitions

  1. bold in war

Ancestry of “guþfrec”, step by step

guþfrec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English frec

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfrecgreedy, bold
2Proto-Germanicfrekazgreedy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpereg-—

via Old English gūþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgūþbattle, war, fight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pereg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frekaz →Every word from Old English frec →
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