Where does “gāba” come from?

gāba (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic gābā, from Proto-Germanic gēbǭ, from Proto-Germanic gebō — gift; name of the G-rune.

Ancestry of “gāba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgābāgift
2Proto-Germanicgēbǭgift
3Proto-Germanicgebōgift; name of the G-rune

Words derived from “gāba

Every word from Proto-Germanic gebō
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