Where does “geit” come from?

geit (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

geit (Icelandic): a goat

Definitions

  1. a goat

Ancestry of “geit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegeita she-goat
2Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “geit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Old Norse geit →