Where does “geit” come from?

geit (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch geit, from Old Dutch geit, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

geit (Dutch): goat, any member of the genus "Capra"; goat or...

Definitions

  1. goat, any member of the genus "Capra"; goat or...

Ancestry of “geit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgeit—
2Old Dutchgeitgoat
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “geit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Old Dutch geit →