gift.
poison, venom, toxin (toxic substance)
Meaning & usage
poison, venom, toxin (toxic substance)
Where this word comes from
From German Gift (“poison”), from Middle High German gift f (“gift, present”), Old High German gift f (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz, which is a derivation of *gebaną (“to give”).
married
De är ett gift par.
Han är gift sedan tre år.
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish gipt, from Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.
a gift, a present
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish gipt, from Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.
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