Where does “gut” come from?

gut (Middle English) comes from Old English gutt, from Proto-Germanic gut-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

gut (Middle English): Alternative form of gutte

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of gutte

Ancestry of “gut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishguttgut, entrail
2Proto-Germanicgut-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

Words derived from “gut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gut- →