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Where does “Gut” come from?

Gut (German) comes from Middle High German guot, from Old High German guot, from Proto-West Germanic gōd, from Proto-Germanic gudą, from Proto-Germanic gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰóstis, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Gut (German): commodity, property, possession, good; a large...

Definitions

  1. commodity, property, possession, good; a large...

Ancestry of “Gut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanguot—
2Old High Germanguotgood
3Proto-West Germanicgōdgood
4Proto-Germanicgudąinvoked one; god, deity
5Proto-Germanicgastizstranger, guest
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰóstisstranger, host
7Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Gut”

  • Treibgut
  • Erbgut
  • Konsumgut
  • Landgut
  • Gedankengut
  • Strandgut
  • Kühlgut
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