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English word goat comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydos (Young goat, kid.), Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-, Old English (ca. 450-1100) geat (A gate.), Proto-Indo-European *gʰaid-, Proto-Indo-European *gʰayd-, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰaid-, Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-, Proto-Indo-European *gʰew-
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*gʰaydos (Proto-Indo-European)
Young goat, kid.
*ǵʰewd- (Proto-Indo-European)
geat (Old English)
A gate.
*gʰaid- (Proto-Indo-European)
kid, goat
*gʰayd- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ǵʰaid- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ǵʰayd- (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʰew- (Proto-Indo-European)
to pour
*gutōn (Proto-Germanic)
*gutō (Proto-Germanic)
*gote (Old English)
*gotu (Old English)
*gaits (Proto-Germanic)
Goat.
gāt (Old English)
gat (Old English)
A (female) goat, nanny-goat.
ȝate (Middle English)
goat (English)
(informal) A scapegoat.. (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.. (slang) A lecherous man.. A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra. (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.. (transitive) To scapegoat.