Where does “sibbegedriht” come from?

sibbegedriht (Old English) comes from Old English gedryht, 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.

sibbegedriht (Old English): band of kinsmen

Definitions

  1. band of kinsmen

Ancestry of “sibbegedriht”, step by step

sibbegedriht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gedryht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgedryhttroop, body of men
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 sibb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsibbkinship; peace
2Proto-West Germanicsibbjurelationship, kinship
3Proto-Germanicsibjōrelationship, kinship; friendship
4Proto-Indo-Europeansebʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →