Proto-Germanic
*getaną
‘to find a way’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *getaną.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *getaną, most familiar first.
- get ← geten ← geta
- yet ← yeten ← ġietan ← *getan
- guess ← gessen ← getse ← *getsa ← *gitisōną
- gat ← *gatą
- yate ← ȝate ← ġeat ← *gat ← *gatą
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *getaną