Where does “put” come from?

put (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Proto-Germanic pūto, from Proto-Indo-European bū-.

put (Scottish Gaelic): push, shove; jostle; press

Definitions

  1. push, shove; jostle; press

Ancestry of “put”, step by step

put traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic pūto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpūtoswollen
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbū-—

via Scots put

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsputpush

Words derived from “put”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bū- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pūto →