Where does “fyrgengat” come from?

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

fyrgengat (Old English): mountain goat; chamois

Definitions

  1. mountain goat; chamois

Ancestry of “fyrgengat”, step by step

fyrgengat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gāt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgātgoat
2Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

via Old English fyrġen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfyrġen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gait →