ȝiven
Middle English
/ˈjivən/
verb
Definitions
- to give
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ġiefan (give) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (give) derived from Old Norse gefa (give).
Origin
Old Norse
gefa
Gloss
give
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *gʰab(ʰ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- gi Norwegian Bokmål
- *gabulą Proto-Germanic
- *gebaną Proto-Germanic
- gje Norwegian Nynorsk
- agiefan Old English
- forgiefan Old English
- forġiefan Old English
- gifol Old English
- ofgiefan Old English
- ġiefan Old English
- forȝiven Middle English
- given Middle English
- yeven Middle English
- yiven Middle English
- gefa Old Norse
- gjǫfull Old Norse
- yfirgefa Old Norse
- give Danish
- gefa Icelandic
- geban Old High German
- gevan Old High German
- geva Faroese
- 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *geban gmw-pro
- gevan Old Dutch
- giva Old Swedish
- geva Westrobothnian
- jeva Old Frisian
- jiiw North Frisian
- djävå Elfdalian