goate

Betekenis

1. gutter
2. drainage ditch
3. splash, small amount of liquid
4. downpour

Etymologie

Probably from Middle Dutch gote or Middle Low German gāte, gōte, gȫte (“gutter”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gutǭ (“groove; channel; gutter”), related to the verb *geutaną (“to pour”). Related to Old Frisian gete (“outpouring”); see geate.