Where does “frēge” come from?

frēge (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic *frāgu, from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Ancestry of “frēge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*frāgu—
2Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European preḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic frēgō →