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Where does “geat” come from?

geat (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic gautaz — a kenning for Odin; a Geat.

Ancestry of “geat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgautaza kenning for Odin; a Geat

Words derived from “geat”

  • Geat
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