Where does “gat” come from?

gat (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gat, from Proto-Germanic gatą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodom.

Ancestry of “gat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchgat—
2Proto-Germanicgatąhole, opening, passage
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodom—

Words derived from “gat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodom →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatą →Every word from Old Dutch gat →
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