Where does “gekte” come from?
gekte (Dutch) comes from Dutch te, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
gekte (Dutch): craziness, insanity; -mania
Definitions
- craziness, insanity; -mania
Ancestry of “gekte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | te | too; to; located at, in, on |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | te | at, in; to, towards; at, during |
| 3 | Old Dutch | te | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ta | to |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |