Where does “gite” come from?

gite (Middle English) comes from Old English gyte, from Old Norse Guti, from Proto-West Germanic geutan, from Proto-Germanic geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

gite (Middle English): An outpouring, shedding

Definitions

  1. An outpouring, shedding

Ancestry of “gite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgytepouring
2Old NorseGuti—
3Proto-West Germanicgeutanto pour
4Proto-Germanicgeutanąto pour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic geutaną →