Where does “געבן” come from?

געבן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban, from Proto-West Germanic geban, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

געבן (Yiddish): to give; there is

Definitions

  1. to give; there is

Ancestry of “געבן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangebento give
2Old High Germangebanto give
3Proto-West Germanicgebanto give
4Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “געבן”

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