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Where does “gieten” come from?

gieten (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch gieten, from Old Dutch gietan, from Proto-West Germanic geutan, from Proto-Germanic geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

gieten (Dutch): to pour; to mould or cast; to pour down, to...

Definitions

  1. to pour; to mould or cast; to pour down, to...

Ancestry of “gieten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgietento pour; to flow, to stream
2Old Dutchgietanto pour
3Proto-West Germanicgeutanto pour
4Proto-Germanicgeutanąto pour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

Words derived from “gieten”

  • overgieten
  • ingieten
  • gietvorm
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