Etymology Explorer
› Middle Low German
Where does “gat” come from?
gat (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic gatą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodom.
Ancestry of “gat”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
gatą
hole, opening, passage
2
Proto-Indo-European
gʰodom
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Words derived from “gat”
Gat
Gatt
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