Where does “gaut” come from?

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

gaut (Old French): forest, woods, woodland

Definitions

  1. forest, woods, woodland

Ancestry of “gaut”, step by step

gaut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic walþu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
2Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via Old Norse gautr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorsegautrGeat; man from Götaland, Gautaland

Words derived from “gaut”

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