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Proto-IE: *g(ʷ)āy- (~ -ō-)

Meaning: to sing

Old Indian: gā́yati, gāti 'to sing', ptc. gītá-; gātú- m., gāthá- m., gīti- f. 'song'

Avestan: {gāɵa-}

Slavic: *gājātī, *gājь

Baltic: *geîd-ā̂- (*geîd-/*geîd-a-) vb. (2), *gī̂d- vb. inch., *geîd-s-m-ā̂, -iā̃ f. (2), *gaîd-ā̂ f. (1)

Russ. meaning: петь

References: Fraenkel 150

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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: гай

Near etymology: II. "крик галок, гам, шум", га́я ж. "стая птиц", ряз. Сюда же др.-русск. гаяти "каркать (о вороне)".

Further etymology: Родственно др.-инд. gā́yati, gāti "поет", лит. giedóti "петь", gaidỹs "петух", жем. gáida "мелодия, нота", giesmė̃ "гимн, песнь"; см. Фик 1, 200; Бернекер 1, 291; В. Шульце, KZ 27, 425; Перссон 897; Траутман, BSW 76; М. -- Э. 1, 561.

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Proto-Baltic: *geîd-ā̂- (*geîd-/*geîd-a-) vb. (2), *gī̂d- vb. inch., *geîd-s-m-ā̂, -iā̃ f. (2), *gaîd-ā̂ f. (1)

Meaning: sing

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Old Lithuanian: giemi 1 sg., 3 sg. giest(i)

Lithuanian: giedṓti, prs. gíeda/gíesta 'singen', pragī́sti (-sta) 'zu singen beginnen', giesmē̃ 'feierliches, bes. geistliches Lied', gáida 'Singweise, Melodie'

Lettish: dziêdât (-u, -āju) 'singen', dziêsma, dziêsme 'Lied; geistliches Lied'

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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 549

Root: gē(i)- : gō(i)- : gī-

English meaning: to sing, to cry

German meaning: `singen, rufen, schreien'

Material: Ai. gāyati und gāti `singt', gātú- m. und gītí- f. `Gesang', gītá- `gesungen', gā́thā `Gesang, Vers' = av. gāɵa `Lied religiösen Inbalts';

aruss. gaju, gajati `krähen', russ. gajь m. `Dohlengekrächze, Geschrei', gákatь `ächzen, krächzen' usw.;

baltisch *gēidō in lit. gíedu und gíestu, giedóti `singen, krähen', lett. dziêdu, dziêdât `singen'; dazu lit. gýstu, gýdau, gýsti `zu singen, zu krähen anfangen', gaidỹs m. `Hahn', giesmė̃ f. `Kirchenlied', lett. dziêsma f. `Lied', gaîlis m. `Hahn'.

toch. A kāk, В kāka `er rief' (redupl., zu ai. gāti), Präs. 3. Pl. keneńc (*gēi-n-?), Pedersen Tochar. 183, 263.

References: WP. I 526 f., Trautmann 76, W. Schulze KZ. 27, 425 = Kl. Schr. 52.

Pages: 355

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