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Proto-Germanic: *gīgan-, *gingian- vb., *gingiēn

Meaning: wish, desire

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: *fɛhu-gīgan wk. `desire', ga-gīgan wk. `gain'

Old Norse: ? geige wk. `seitwärts abweichen'

Norwegian: ? dial. geige `hin und her schwanken', dial. geigla, geigra, geina `schief gehen', dial. giga, gigla, gigra `lose stehen, wackeln'

Old English: ? for-gǟgan `abweichen, überschreiten'

Old Frisian: gēia `Busse zahlen'

Old High German: gingēn wk. `nach etwas verlangen', gingo wk. m. `das Verlangen'

Middle High German: ginge wk. m., st. f. 'verlangen'; gīgen st., wk. 'geigen'

German: geigen `sich hin- und herbewegen'

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Proto-IE: *gheig(')h-

Meaning: to yawn, to long for, to desire

Old Indian: jéhamāna (ptc.) `to open the mouth, gape'

Germanic: *gīg-a- vb., *ging-ia- vb., *ging-ian- m.

Russ. meaning: разевать рот, желать

References: WP I 552

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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 634

Root: gheiĝh-

English meaning: to yearn for

German meaning: `begehren, gierig sein'

General comments: (s. auch das ähnliche gheidh-)??

Material: Ai. jēh- nur in jḗhamāna-ḥ `gälmend, den Mund aufsperrend, klaffend, lechzend'; vielleicht sekundär zu jíhītē, S. 418;

got. faihu-geigan `begehren', ga-geigan `gewinnen', nasaliert ahd. gingēn `nach etwas verlangen', gingo `das Verlangen'; nach Wissmann Nom. postverb. 41 jedoch zu ĝhei-gh-, oben S. 421.

lit. ãpmaudą giẽžti `Groll hegen', giežiúos `heftig verlangen', pagiẽžti `nach Rache verlangen', pagiežà `Rachgier'; falls lit. giẽžti, pa-giẽžti intr. `im Halse kratzen' damit identisch wäre, müßte obige Zusammenstellung fortfallen.

References: WP. I 552; anders Feist 136 f.

Pages: 427

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