Where does “jäwen” come from?

jäwen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German geven, from Old Saxon gevan, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

jäwen (Plautdietsch): to give

Definitions

  1. to give

Ancestry of “jäwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangevento give
2Old Saxongevanto give
3Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “jäwen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geban →