Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Offspring, especially illegitimate. · Lineage. · A difficult return or block of a shot. · Something gotten, something gained or won; an acquisition.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo obtain; to acquire. · To receive. · To have. See usage notes. · To fetch, bring, take.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰe(n)d-der. Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-eti Proto-Germanic *getaną Old Norse getabor. Middle English geten English get From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to find; to hold; to seize; to take”). Cognates Cognate with Yola get (“to get”), Danish gide (“to care, like”), Faroese gita (“to be able”), Icelandic geta (“to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention”), Norwegian Nynorsk gjeta, gjete (“to guess; to mention”), Scanian gida (“to have the energy to, to feel up for”), gæda (“to guess”), Swedish gita, gitta (“to be able, to bring oneself to, to care”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bigitan, “to discover, find”); also Latin edera, hedera (“ivy”), praeda (“booty, pillage, plunder; prey; gain, profit”), prehendō, prēndō (“to grab, grasp, seize; to attain, reach”), Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to comprise, contain, hold”), Albanian gjej (“to find”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiongetenenm
- Derivation mentiongetanon
- Derivation mention*getanągem-pro · to find; to acquire, attain, get, hold, receive
- Derivation mention*gʰed-ine-pro · to find; to hold; to seize; to take
- Cognate mentiongetyol · to get
- Cognate mentiongideda · to care, like
- Cognate mentiongitafo · to be able
- Cognate mentiongetais · to be able; to beget, father; to achieve, obtain, to guess; to mention
- Cognate mentiongjetann
- Cognate mentiongidagmq-scy · to have the energy to, to feel up for
- Cognate mentiongitasv
- Cognate mention𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽got · to discover, find
- Cognate mentionederala
- Cognate mentionχανδάνωgrc · to comprise, contain, hold
- Cognate mentiongjejsq · to find
This page abbreviates 30 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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