Where does “gad” come from?

gad (Middle English) comes from Old Norse gaddr, from Proto-Germanic gazdaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰazdʰ-.

gad (Middle English): gad

Definitions

  1. gad

Ancestry of “gad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegaddrgoad, spike; hard snow
2Proto-Germanicgazdazgoad; spike
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰazdʰ-—

Words derived from “gad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰazdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gazdaz →Every word from Old Norse gaddr →