gift

Εννοια (English)

Noun

donation; something given (away) voluntarily

Adj

poisonous, toxic, venomous

Synonyms

geschenk

🎁

schenking

cadeau

donatie

gif

vergif

dotatie

venijn

zwadder

presentje

gave

🎁

gul

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɣɪft/

Ετυμολογία (English)

Inherited from Μέσα Ολλανδικά: gifte

Inherited from Old Dutch: *gift

Borrowed from Γερμανικά: Gift

In summary

From Middle Dutch gifte, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Equivalent to geven (“to give”) + -t (“verbal noun”).
The words gif and vergif, both meaning “poison”, derive from the same source as gift. The sense “poison” may have originated as a shortening of vergift or may have been borrowed from German Gift.