Where does “ged” come from?

ged (Danish) comes from Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

ged (Danish): goat

Definitions

  1. goat

Ancestry of “ged”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegeita she-goat
2Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Old Norse geit →