Etymology

gut

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Today it means: The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. Full definition →

Middle English gut ← Old English gutt ← Proto-Germanic *gut-
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gut · noun, verb, adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromgutten
  2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵʰewd-“to pour”
  3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gut-
  4. Old English · inherited fromgutt
  5. Middle English · inherited fromgut
  6. English todaygut

From Middle English gut, gutte, gotte, from Old English gutt (usually in plural guttas (“guts, entrails”)), from Proto-Germanic *gut-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Related to English gote (“drain”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour”). More at gote, yote. The verb is from Middle English gutten, gotten (“to gut”).

Gut · proper noun2

* As a German, Alemannic German, and Jewish surname, variant of Guth. Also compare Gutmann. * As an English surname, from the noun gut. See Gott.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰewd- all →

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