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.
gihuggian (Old Saxon): to remember
Ancestry of “gihuggian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | gī | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | jiʀ | you |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | — |