Where does “ġēotan” come from?

ġēotan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic geutan, from Proto-Germanic geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

ġēotan (Old English): to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood,...

Definitions

  1. to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood,...

Ancestry of “ġēotan”, step by step

ġēotan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic geutan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgeutanto pour
2Proto-Germanicgeutanąto pour
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

via Proto-Germanic getaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgetanąto attain, acquire, get, receive, hold
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰed-to defecate

Words derived from “ġēotan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic geutaną →
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