Where does “sundargift” come from?

sundargift (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

sundargift (Old Saxon): privilege

Definitions

  1. privilege

Ancestry of “sundargift”, step by step

sundargift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon gift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongift—
2Proto-West Germanic*gifti—
3Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Old Saxon sundar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsundarparticular, special
2Proto-Germanicsundrazseparate, isolated, alone
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnter-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic giftiz →
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