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West Frisian
Etymology
Probably from Old Frisian gete (“outpouring”), from Proto-Germanic *gutiz (“a gush; downpour; cloudburst”), related to the verb *geutaną (“to pour”). Cognate with Old English gyte (“a gush; flood; shedding; spillage”), German Guss (“downpour”).
Noun
geate c (plural geaten)
- (rare) downpour
- Synonym: goate
Further reading
- “geate”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011