Etymology

yive

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Today it means: To give. Full definition →

Middle English yiven ← Old English ġiefan ← Proto-West Germanic *geban
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰebʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*gebaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*geban
  4. Old Englishġiefan
  5. Middle Englishyiven
  6. English todayyive

Inherited from Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-. Doublet of give, from Old Norse.

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