ghend-

Also ghed-. To seize, take.

Derivatives include get, guess, prison, comprehend, surprise, and prey.

1.

a. get, from Old Norse geta, to get;

b. beget, from Old English beg(i)etan, to get, beget, from Germanic compound *bigetan, to acquire (*bi-, intensive prefix; see ambhi);

c. forget, from Old English forg(i)etan, to forget, from Germanic compound *fer-getan, “to lose one's hold,” forget (*fer-, prefix denoting rejection; see per¹). a-c all from Germanic *getan.

2. guess, from Middle English gessen, to guess, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Swedish gissa, to guess, from Germanic *getisōn, “to try to get,” aim at.

3. Basic form *ghend-. prehensile, prehension, prison, prize², prize³, pry²; apprehend, apprentice, apprise, comprehend, comprise, emprise, enterprise, entrepreneur, impresario, misprision¹, pregnable, pregnant¹, reprehend, reprieve, reprisal, reprise, surprise, from Latin prehendere, prēndere, to get hold of, seize, grasp (pre-, prae-, before; see per¹).

4. Form *ghed-. predatory, prey, spree; depredate, osprey, from Latin praeda, booty (< *prai-heda, “something seized before” prai-, prae-, before; see per¹).

 

[Pokorny ghend- 437.]

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