Where does “got” come from?

got (Middle English) comes from Old English gāt, from Proto-West Germanic gait, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

got (Middle English): Alternative form of gutte

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gutte

Ancestry of “got”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgātgoat
2Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gait →