Where does “goat” come from?

Goat comes from Middle English gote, from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-, ultimately from the root ǵʰew-.

goat (English): A mammal, "Capra aegagrus hircus", and similar...

Definitions

  1. A mammal, "Capra aegagrus hircus", and similar...

Ancestry of “goat”, step by step

goat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Time

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTimeThe inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events
2Middle Englishtymethyme; time; A specific duration or period of...
3Old Frenchthym—
4Latinthymumthyme; accusative singular of thymus
5Ancient Greekθύμονthyme
6Ancient GreekθύωI offer in sacrifice, slay, burn, immolate; I...
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via English all

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishallEvery individual or anything of the given class,...
2Middle Englishallall; all, every
3Old Englisheallall; whole, entire; everything
4Proto-West Germanicallall
5Proto-Germanicallazall
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via English of

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishofAPI; Expressing distance or motion; "Expressing...
2Middle Englishofof; off; until
3Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
4Old Englishæfof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

Words derived from “goat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Ancient Greek θύω →Every word from Ancient Greek θύμον →