gige
Middle English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French guige, from Frankish *widdja.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgige
- (rare, Late Middle English) guige (shield strap)
Descendants
edit- → English: guige
References
edit- “gīǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Low German
editEtymology
editCognate with Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga (modern German Geige), from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”). Either borrowed or from the same source.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgîge f
Derived terms
editNupe
editEtymology
editPartial reduplication of ge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgige
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