English
Keats
Keats comes from Old English cȳta ‘kite, bittern’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gū- ‘to cry, screech’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gū-‘to cry, screech’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kūtijôreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳta‘kite, bittern’
- EnglishtodayKeats
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gū-‘to cry, screech’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kūtijôreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳta‘kite, bittern’
- EnglishtodayKeats
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *gū-
Today it means
name A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gū- / Keats