gush

The story

1. Old Norse · derived fromgusa“to gush”
2. Middle Dutch · derived fromguysen“to flow out with a gurgling sound, gush”
3. Middle English · inherited fromguschen
4. English todaygush

From Middle English guschen, gusshen, gosshien, perhaps from Middle Dutch guysen (“to flow out with a gurgling sound, gush”) or Old Norse gusa (“to gush”), ultimately imitative. Compare Old Norse geysa (“to gush”), German gießen (“to pour”), Old English ġēotan ("to pour"; > English yote). Related to gust.