Where does “gād” come from?

gād (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *gaidu, from Proto-Germanic gaidwą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- — winter.

gād (Old English): goad

Definitions

  1. goad

Ancestry of “gād”, step by step

gād traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *gaidu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*gaidulack, shortage
2Proto-Germanicgaidwąlack; want; shortage; deficiency; need
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰey-winter

via Proto-Germanic gaidō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgaidōprickle; point; ord

Words derived from “gād”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaidwą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gaidu →