goad

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰey-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gaidō
3. Old English · inherited fromgād“goad”
4. Middle English · inherited fromgode
5. English todaygoad

From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)). Doublet of gad and yard; see also xyston.

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