Proto-Germanic: *gaizá-z, *gáisu-s, *gáisila-z, -ō(n); *gísil=
Meaning: spear
Gothic: Burgund *gaisu-s (in EN)
Old Norse: geir-r m. `Ger, Speer'; geisl m. `Stab'; geisli m. `Stab, Strahl'; gīsli m. `Stab, Stock'
Norwegian: geir; geisl; geisle `Strahl'
Swedish: gissel `Peitsche, Geissel'
Old Danish: gis(s)el `Strahl'
Old English: gār, -es m. `dart, javelin, spear, shaft, arrow, weapon, arms; the head of weapon'
English: gear
Old Frisian: gēr
Old Saxon: gēr
Middle Dutch: ghēsele, gheisele f.; el-ger, ael-gheer, holl. elle-gaer `elger, vork om aal te steken'
Dutch: gesel m.; elger m.
Middle Low German: geisel f.
Old High German: gēr; { geisala }, geisila, geisla `Geissel, Peitsce, Gerte' (um 800); Langob gisil `kleiner Stab, Pfeilschaft'
Middle High German: gēr(e) st./wk. m. 'wurfspiess'; geisel st./wk. f. 'geissel, peitsche; landplage'
German: Geissel f. `Peitsche' (-ss- dient nur zur Unterscheidung gegenüber Geisel)
Comments: NG > Fin keihäs, Weps keih `Speer'
