Where does “gate” come from?

gate (Scots) comes from Old Norse gáta, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

gate (Scots): street, way, road, path

Definitions

  1. street, way, road, path

Ancestry of “gate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegátariddle
2Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

Words derived from “gate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Old Norse gáta →