Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

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”

  • Kattegat
  • gatvol
  • kaalgat
  • bakgat
  • kaalgat
  • zinkgat
  • gat
  • klankgat
  • neusgat
  • keelgat
  • knoopsgat
  • zeegat
  • mangat
  • gatlikker
  • kattengat
  • kaalgat
  • gatvol
  • gat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodom →