Where does “ġeat” come from?

ġeat (Old English) comes from Old French gaut, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.

ġeat (Old English): gate; a gate, door

Definitions

  1. gate; a gate, door

Ancestry of “ġeat”, step by step

ġeat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French gaut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgautforest, woods, woodland
2Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
3Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via Proto-West Germanic gat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgathole, opening
2Proto-Germanicgatąhole, opening, passage
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodom—

via West Germanic *gat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*gat—

Words derived from “ġeat”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic walþu →