Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “geit” come from?

geit (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

geit (Old Norse): a she-goat

Definitions

  1. a she-goat

Ancestry of “geit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “geit”

  • get
  • getost
  • geitebukk
  • geit
  • geit
  • geitebukk
  • ged
  • geit
  • geitaostur
  • geit
  • get
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →