Where does “gif” come from?

gif (Dutch) comes from Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, from Old Dutch gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

gif (Dutch): poison, venom, toxin; GIF

Definitions

  1. poison, venom, toxin; GIF

Ancestry of “gif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgiftdonation; something given voluntarily; poison;...
2Middle Dutchgift—
3Old Dutchgift—
4Proto-West Germanic*gifti—
5Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “gif”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →