An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/gäten

by Friedrich Kluge

gäten, jäten, verb, ‘to weed,’ from the equivalent Middle High German jëten, gëten, Old High German jëtan, gëtan; akin to Old High German jetto, masculine, ‘weed, darnel.’ Perhaps Greek ζητέω, ‘I seek,’ is allied, if the Aryan root is yē̆t.