gait

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gatwǭ“passageway, street”
2. Old Norse · derived fromgata“path, lane, alley, road”
3. Middle English · inherited fromgate“way, path, road, street”
4. English todaygait

From a specialised use of gate (“way, manner, behaviour, habit", properly "way, path, street, journey”), from Middle English gate (“way, path, road, street”), from Old Norse gata (“path, lane, alley, road”), from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“passageway, street”). Doublet of gate.

Words from the same roots