gietan

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-.

Verb

gietan

1. to pour

Inflection

Conjugation of gietan (strong class 2)

infinitive	gietan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	gietu	gōt
2nd person singular	gietis, gietist	goti
3rd person singular	gietit	gōt
1st person plural	gieton	gotun
2nd person plural	gietet	gotut
3rd person plural	gietunt	gotun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	giete	goti
2nd person singular	gietes, gietest	gotis, gotist
3rd person singular	giete	goti
1st person plural	gieten	gotin
2nd person plural	gietet	gotit
3rd person plural	gietent	gotint
imperative	present
singular	giet
plural	gietet
participle	present	past
	gietandi	gegoton

Derived terms

• ūtgietan

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gieten
  • Dutch: gieten
    • Afrikaans: giet
  • Limburgish: gete

Further reading

• “gietan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

• ġeotan, ġetan — Anglian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize, grasp”). Cognate with Old Frisian jeta, Old High German gezan, gezzan, Old Norse geta (whence English get).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈji͜y.tɑn/, /ˈje.tɑn/

Verb

ġietan (West Saxon)

1. to get

Conjugation

Conjugation of ġietan (strong class 5)

infinitive	ġietan	ġietenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	ġiete	ġeat
second person singular	ġietst	ġēate
third person singular	ġiett, ġiet	ġeat
plural	ġietaþ	ġēaton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	ġiete	ġēate
plural	ġieten	ġēaten
imperative
singular	ġiet
plural	ġietaþ
participle	present	past
	ġietende	(ġe)ġeten

Derived terms

• beġietan (“to get”)
• onġietan (“to understand, recognize; to seize”)

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝeten
  • English: yet