gje
Norwegian Nynorsk
/jeː/
pronu-note
Definitions
- to give
- (reflexive, gje seg) to give in, give up
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse gefa (give) derived 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
- ġiefan Old English
- given 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