get

get · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰe(n)d-
2. Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-eti
3. Proto-Germanic*getaną
4. Old Norsegeta
5. Middle Englishgeten
6. English todayget

From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”). Cognates Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, pillage, plunder; prey; gain, profit”), prehendō, prēndō (“to grab, grasp, seize; to attain, reach”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to comprise, contain, hold”), Albanian gjej (“to find”).

get · noun²

Variant of git.

get · noun³

1. Sumerian𒁍
2. Sumerian𒁍𒁕
3. Akkadian𒁍𒁕der.?
4. Hebrewגֵּט (gēṭ)
5. English todayget

From Hebrew גֵּט (gēṭ).

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