goit

goit · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰew-“to pour”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gutō“gutter, drain”
3. Old English · inherited from*gotu“channel, gutter, drain”
4. Middle English · inherited fromgote“channel, stream”
5. English todaygoit

From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.

goit · noun²

Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.

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