gote

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰewd-“to pour”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gutǭ“gutter”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*gotā
4. Old English · inherited from*gota
5. Middle English · inherited fromgote“a drain”
6. English todaygote

From Middle English gote (“a drain”), from Old English *gota, *gote (“drain, gutter”), from Proto-West Germanic *gotā, from Proto-Germanic *gutǭ (“gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Dutch goot (“a gutter, drain, gully”), German Gosse (“a gutter”). Related to Old English gutt (“gut, entrails”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast”). More at gut, yote.

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