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
- will, testament, document concerning inheritance
Ancestry of “ierfegewrit”, step by step
ierfegewrit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English ġewrit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġewrit | writing, something written, written language;... |
| 2 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |