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poison, venom, toxin

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɣɪf/
  1. poison, venom, toxin

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- Proto-Germanic *gebaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *giftiz Proto-West Germanic *gifti Old Dutch *gift Middle Dutch gift Dutch gif From Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. The word gift derives from the same source, and the words were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

noun/ɣɪf/
  1. GIF (image format)

    masculine
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