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Where does “*frāgu” come from?

*frāgu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic frēgō, from Proto-Indo-European preḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂.

Ancestry of “*frāgu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfrēgōquestion
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpreḱ-to ask
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥ḱneh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥ḱneh₂ →