An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Gabe

by Friedrich Kluge

Gabe, feminine, ‘gift,’ from the equivalent Middle High German gâbe, feminine; Old High German *gâba and Gothic *gêba are wanting; instead Old High German gëba (Middle High German gëbe with the dialectic variant gippe), feminine, occurs, Old Saxon gëba, Anglo-Saxon gifu, Old Icelandic gjǫf, Gothic giba, feminine, ‘gift.’ The forms corresponding to the assumed Gothic *gêba are seen in Dutch gaaf and Old Swedish gáfa.