Where does “gifgas” come from?

gifgas (Dutch) comes from Dutch gif, 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.

gifgas (Dutch): poison gas

Definitions

  1. poison gas

Ancestry of “gifgas”, step by step

gifgas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch gif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgifpoison, venom, toxin; GIF
2Dutchgiftdonation; something given voluntarily; poison;...
3Middle Dutchgift
4Old Dutchgift
5Proto-West Germanic*gifti
6Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
7Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via Dutch gas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
2Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
3Middle High Germangazze
4Old High Germangazzalane
5Proto-West Germanic*gatwā
6Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-
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