gut
English
/ɡʌt/
noun
Definitions
- The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.
- (informal) The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged
- (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
- A person's emotional, visceral self.
- (informal) A class that is not demanding or challenging.
- A narrow passage of water.
- The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gut inherited from Old English gutt (gut, entrails) derived from Proto-Germanic *gut- derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (pour) inherited from Middle English gutten.
Origin
Middle English
gutten
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bomb English
- bread English
- bucket English
- buster English
- confuse English
- deer English
- deergut English
- degut English
- ewte English
- feel English
- foregut English
- foundation English
- gote English
- gulligut English
- gully English
- gut up English
- gut-shoot English
- gut-wrenching English
- gut-wrenchingly English
- gutbomb English
- gutbread English
- gutbucket English
- gutbuster English
- gutfeel English
- gutful English
- gutless English
- gutlessly English
- gutlessness English
- gutlike English
- gutling English
- gutstring English
- gutted English
- guttle English
- guttler English
- gutweed English
- gutwort English
- hind English
- hindgut English
- ingot English
- midgut English
- mud English
- mudgut English
- oenochoe English
- pinch English
- pinch-gut English
- refuse English
- rip English
- ripgut brome English
- ripgut fence English
- rot English
- rotgut English
- scrape English
- scrapegut English
- shoot English
- string English
- tail English
- tailgut English
- through English
- through-gut English
- transfuse English
- ungut English
- up English
- weed English
- wort English
- wrenching English
- confundō Latin
- diffūsus Latin
- fundus Latin
- fūsiōnem Latin
- gutta Latin
- infundō Latin
- infusus Latin
- fonderie French
- διαχέω Ancient Greek
- καταχέω Ancient Greek
- οἰνοχόη Ancient Greek
- οἰνοχόος Ancient Greek
- παρέγχυμα Ancient Greek
- πλημοχόη Ancient Greek
- χέω Ancient Greek
- χυδαῖος Ancient Greek
- ἐγχέω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιχέω Ancient Greek
- ἔγχυμα Ancient Greek
- ἰοχέαιρα Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *geutaną Proto-Germanic
- *gut- Proto-Germanic
- *gutō Proto-Germanic
- begeotan Old English
- geondgeotan Old English
- gutt Old English
- guttas Old English
- togeotan Old English
- ġēotan Old English
- gote Middle English
- gut Middle English
- gutted Middle English
- gutten Middle English
- refunden Middle English
- yoten Middle English
- gusa Old Norse
- χύμα Greek (modern)
- guz Old High German
- *hundō Proto-Italic
- ku- Tocharian B
- * kʰéyyō Proto-Hellenic
- ku- Tocharian A
- *kawte urj-fpr-pro
- up
- rip
- mud
- rot
- wort
- bomb
- weed
- feel
- hind
- tail
- deer
- ewte
- gote
- bread
- pinch
- degut
- gully
- shoot
- ingot
- ungut
- mudgut
- buster
- midgut
- gutful
- refuse
- rotgut
- gutted
- scrape
- gut up
- guttle
- string
- bucket
- through
- gutbomb
- tailgut
- hindgut
- guttler
- gutlike
- gutling
- gutfeel
- gutwort
- gutweed
- deergut
- gutless
- confuse
- foregut
- gulligut
- gutbread
- oenochoe
- gutstring
- gutbuster
- scrapegut
- gutbucket
- gut-shoot
- gutlessly
- pinch-gut
- transfuse
- wrenching
- foundation
- gutlessness
- through-gut
- ripgut fence
- ripgut brome
- gut-wrenching
- gut-wrenchingly