Etymograph

English

gote

Gote comes from Middle English gote ‘a drain’, from Proto-West Germanic *gotā ‘stream’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gutǭ‘gutter’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gotā‘stream’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150*gotareconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gote‘a drain’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1854same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰewd-‘to pour’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gutǭ‘gutter’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gotā‘stream’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150*gotareconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gote‘a drain’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1854same form

Earliest quotation: 1854, Notes and Queries: “... "Sculcoates gote to the mid- stream of the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’

yet, founder, refuse, confusion, fusion, gut, refund, font, confuse, fuse, funnel, foundry, confound, fondue, effusive, 46 more

Today it means

noun A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- / gote

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