Where does “get” come from?
get (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse geit, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.
Ancestry of “get”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | geit | a she-goat |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gaits | goat |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰayd- | — |