Where does “Jeft” come from?

Jeft (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German gifte, from Old Saxon gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic giftiz, from Proto-Germanic gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- — to give.

Jeft (Plautdietsch): poison

Definitions

  1. poison

Ancestry of “Jeft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangifte—
2Old Saxongift—
3Proto-West Germanic*gifti—
4Proto-Germanicgiftizgiving, gift
5Proto-Germanicgebanąto give
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰebʰ-to give

Words derived from “Jeft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gebaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic giftiz →