
English word gate comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydos (Young goat, kid.), Proto-Indo-European *gʰaid-, Proto-Indo-European *gʰayd-, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰaid-, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-, Proto-Germanic *getaną (To attain, acquire, get, receive, hold.), Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed-
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*gʰaydos (Proto-Indo-European)
Young goat, kid.
*gʰaid- (Proto-Indo-European)
kid, goat
*gʰayd- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ǵʰaid- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ǵʰayd- (Proto-Indo-European)
*getaną (Proto-Germanic)
To attain, acquire, get, receive, hold.
*ǵʰed- (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʰodweh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)
*gatą (Proto-Germanic)
Hole, opening, passage.
*gatwǭ (Proto-Germanic)
Street, passage.
geat (Old English)
A gate.
gata (Old Norse)
Street, road.
*gaits (Proto-Germanic)
Goat.
gāt (Old English)
gæt (Old English)
ȝeat (Middle English)
gate (English)
(biochemistry) To open a closed ion channel.. (transitive) To furnish with a gate.. (transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively as needed, or to avoid damage. See autogating.. To ground someone.. To keep something inside by means of a closed gate. (cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the [...]