Where does “gihuggian” come from?

gihuggian (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

gihuggian (Old Saxon): to remember

Definitions

  1. to remember

Ancestry of “gihuggian”, step by step

gihuggian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon gī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongīyou plural
2Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
3Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
4Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Old Saxon huggian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhuggianto think; to think about, to consider
2Proto-Germanichugjanąto think, consider
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →