Where does “gut” come from?

gut (Danish) comes from English gut, from Middle English gut, from Old English gutt, from Proto-Germanic gut-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

gut (Danish): boy, lad, bloke; gut

Definitions

  1. boy, lad, bloke; gut

Ancestry of “gut”, step by step

gut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgutThe alimentary canal, especially the intestine;...
2Middle EnglishgutAlternative form of gutte
3Old Englishguttgut, entrail
4Proto-Germanicgut-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

via Norwegian Bokmål gutt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgutta boy
2Dutchguittomboy, rascal, joker, troublemaker
3Middle Dutchguyterascal, good-for-nothing, freeloader
4Middle Dutchgu(i)tento make fun of
5Old Norsegautato talk a lot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gut- →