From PIE *gʰebʰ- (to give) — means 'present' in English, 'poison' in German, 'married' in Scandinavian: three fates for one root.
A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.
From Old English 'gift' (payment for a wife, dowry) and reinforced by Old Norse 'gift/gipt' (gift, good luck, marriage), both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (a giving, a gift), from *gebaną (to give), from PIE *gʰebʰ- (to give). In Old English, 'gift' specifically meant the bride-price or dowry — a payment made in the context of marriage. The broader modern sense of 'a present' was influenced