Where does “geit” come from?

geit (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

geit (Norwegian Bokmål): a goat

Definitions

  1. a goat

Ancestry of “geit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegeita she-goat
2Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “geit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Old Norse geit →
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