ge
Swedish
/jeː/
verb-irr
Definitions
- to give
- (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit
- to give to exhibit as a product or result, to produce, to yield
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish giva 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
- angeben German
- *gʰab(ʰ)- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰebʰ-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- gi Norwegian Bokmål
- *gabulą Proto-Germanic
- *gebaną Proto-Germanic
- ange Swedish
- avge Swedish
- bege Swedish
- giva Swedish
- känna Swedish
- namn Swedish
- namnge Swedish
- om Swedish
- omge Swedish
- till Swedish
- tillkännage Swedish
- ut Swedish
- utge Swedish
- utgivare Swedish
- utgivning Swedish
- åter Swedish
- återge Swedish
- återgivning Swedish
- överge Swedish
- gje Norwegian Nynorsk
- 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