gefa
Icelandic
/ˈcɛːva/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) to give something
- (ditransitive) to give somebody something
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse gefa (give) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (give) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰab(ʰ)-
Gloss
Timeline
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
- ġiefan Old English
- given Middle English
- gefa Old Norse
- gjǫfull Old Norse
- yfirgefa Old Norse
- give Danish
- geban Old High German
- gevan Old High German
- geva Faroese
- geben Middle High German
- ausginn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ginn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ofginn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- verginn Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *geban gmw-pro
- gevan Old Dutch
- gem Cimbrian
- ghèban Cimbrian
- gë Alemannic German
- giva Old Swedish
- geva Westrobothnian
- jeva Old Frisian
- jiiw North Frisian
- djävå Elfdalian