Where does “ierfegewrit” come from?

ierfegewrit (Old English) comes from Old English ġewrit, 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.

ierfegewrit (Old English): will, testament, document concerning inheritance

Definitions

  1. will, testament, document concerning inheritance

Ancestry of “ierfegewrit”, step by step

ierfegewrit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġewrit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġewritwriting, something written, written language;...
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English ierfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishierfeheritage; bequest, inheritance; inherited...
2Proto-West Germanicarbīinheritance
3Proto-Germanicarbijąheritage, inheritance
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw