gif
Afrikaans
/χəf/
noun
Definitions
- poison; a poisonous substance
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish gif (poison, venom) inherited from Middle Dutch gift inherited from Old Dutch *gift inherited from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (gift).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*giftiz
Gloss
gift
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- addergif Dutch, Flemish
- gif Dutch, Flemish
- gifangel Dutch, Flemish
- gifbeker Dutch, Flemish
- gifgas Dutch, Flemish
- gifmenger Dutch, Flemish
- gifslang Dutch, Flemish
- gifstof Dutch, Flemish
- giftand Dutch, Flemish
- landbouwgif Dutch, Flemish
- rattengif Dutch, Flemish
- slangengif Dutch, Flemish
- tegengif Dutch, Flemish
- *giftiz Proto-Germanic
- gift Old English
- gipt Old Norse
- gift Middle Dutch
- gifte Middle Dutch
- gift Old High German
- gifslang Afrikaans
- slang Afrikaans
- *gift Old Dutch
- ityhefu Xhosa
- chepfu Shona