goad
English
/ɡəʊd/, /ɡoʊd/
noun
Definitions
- A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
- (figurative) That which goads or incites; a stimulus.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gode (good) inherited from Old English gād (goad) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gaidō derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰey-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goodenough English
- geddock English
- goader English
- goadest English
- goadeth English
- goadlike English
- goadman English
- ox English
- oxgoad English
- kaita Finnish
- kaitaelokuva Finnish
- kaitafilmi Finnish
- kaitainen Finnish
- kaitakasvoinen Finnish
- kaitale Finnish
- kaitaliina Finnish
- kaitaluinen Finnish
- kaitanokkalokki Finnish
- kaitapäivänhattu Finnish
- hasta Latin
- hastatus Latin
- hastile Latin
- Gerte German
- gertenschlank German
- asta Italian
- asta Spanish, Castilian
- *gʰast- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰasto- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰey- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰey-m-r-ino- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰeyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰyem- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰyem-r- Proto-Indo-European
- gjedde Norwegian Bokmål
- hasta Portuguese
- *gaidō Proto-Germanic
- gädda Swedish
- gjedde Norwegian Nynorsk
- gād Old English
- पुरस् Sanskrit
- पुरोहित Sanskrit
- भगवान् Sanskrit
- हित Sanskrit
- हेति Sanskrit
- gode Middle English
- ga Irish
- gedda Old Norse
- gedde Danish
- ast Catalan, Valencian
- asta Catalan, Valencian
- पुरोहित Hindi
- hasta Galician
- gath Old Irish
- gerte Middle High German
- *kaita Proto-Finnic
- *gaisos Proto-Celtic
- purohita Pali
- پروہت Urdu
- purohita mkh-okm-P