Where does “geit” come from?

geit (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian gāt, from Proto-West Germanic gait, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

geit (West Frisian): goat

Definitions

  1. goat

Ancestry of “geit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiangāt—
2Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “geit”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gait →
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