Where does “gøta” come from?

gøta (Faroese) comes from Old Norse gata, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

gøta (Faroese): trail, path; way, street

Definitions

  1. trail, path; way, street

Ancestry of “gøta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegatastreet, road
2Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Old Norse gata →