Where does “gend-” come from?

gend- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ- — to request, pray, ask for.

Ancestry of “gend-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰedʰ-to request, pray, ask for

Words derived from “gend-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰedʰ-
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