Where does “gift” come from?

gift (Dutch) comes 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.

gift (Dutch): donation; something given voluntarily; poison;...

Definitions

  1. donation; something given voluntarily; poison;...

Ancestry of “gift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgift
2Old Dutchgift
3Proto-West Germanic*gifti
4Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
5Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “gift

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ-