Where does “Rauschgift” come from?

Rauschgift (German) comes from German gift, from Middle High German gift, from Old High German gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

Rauschgift (German): drug, narcotic; dope

Definitions

  1. drug, narcotic; dope

Ancestry of “Rauschgift”, step by step

Rauschgift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German gift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangiftpoison; toxin; venom
2Middle High Germangiftgift, something given
3Old High Germangiftgift
4Proto-West Germanic*gifti—
5Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
6Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

via German Rausch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRauschhigh, flush, intoxication; frenzy
2Middle High Germanrūscha charge, rush
3Middle High Germanrūschento make noise
4Old High Germanrūskōn—
5Proto-Germanicrūskōnąto make a noise; whiz; whirr; to startle
6Proto-Indo-European*Hrews-—

Words derived from “Rauschgift”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →