non-IE/Germanic/g

Rick Mc Callister rmccalli at sunmuw1.MUW.Edu
Sun Feb 21 21:12:48 UTC 1999


gaal [Dutch] "restbarrow" [ecp]

gagana/gagina "against, in a direct line with" > gegn "straight, direct,
hepful" [ON] > gainly,
[un]gainly;
gegn- "against" [OE] > gainsay;
*ana-gagina > ongean, onge:an [OE] "again, against, back" > again, against;
gegin, gagan [OHG] > gegenschein [cw, rc]
[?rel to go, gehen?]

gagl- > "gale" [ecp]

gans- > Gans f. goose [jtw]
[but cw and most others see this as IE *ghans-]

gar > *garwian "to make, prepare, equip";
*garwi- "equipment, adornment" > garb, garbo [via It.];
*garwa- "prepared" > yare; *garwín > gear [cw, rc]

garbo:n "sheaf" [pre-Germanic] > Garbe "sheaf";
garwa [W Germanic] > garwo:n [W Germanic] > yarrow
[< ?Vasconic < pre-Basque *gerwa < *gerba;
see Basque garba "bundle, sheaf", gerba "catkin", Spanish garfa "hook,
claw", grapa "staple"]
[tv95, tv97]
[?rel. to *gar- in sense of "to assemble, collect"]

garden, yard, Garten
[< ?Afro-Asiatic "Atlantic",
see Phoen. q-r-t "city"]; see Rus. gorod [tv97]

gay, gai [Fr < Germanic] [tv84]

geben [tv84]

gedu > *ketu > cut [eh]

gersto: [pre-Germanic] > Gerste "barley"
[< ?Vasconic";
see Basque gar-i "grain, wheat", gargarr "barley"] [tv95, tv97]

ghaid- [pre-Germanic/pre-Italic] > *ghaid-i- "buck" [Germanic] goat, gaits
[Gothic]; Latin haedus
"kid"
[< ?Afro-Asiatic "Atlantic";
see Assyrian gadu: "goat", Akk gadû, Hebrew g-d-i: "kid"] [tvgb/94, tv97]

gheldh- "to pay" [Germanic & Slavic] > *geldam "payment" > geld, gield [OE]
"payment, service"
> geld, Danegeld, gelt; > gelt "payment, reward" [OHG] > gelt [cw]
[?rel. to ghl-to-, root of "gold"?]

gn- [acc. cw < ?IE *ghen-] [cw]
gnaga "to bite" [ON] > nag [cw]
gnagan [OE] > gnaw [cw]
gnag-sk- > gnasko:n > nascon "to nibble" [OHG] > nosh [cw]
gnatt "biting insect" > gnaet [OE] > gnat [cw]

grafo-, gravo- > Graf m. "count [nobilty]", grave [M Dutch] > margrave,
palsgrave [jtw]

grat-, krat- "to scratch" [cw, rc]
grat- > grater [O Fr < Germanic] > grate [cw, rc]
krat- > kratto:n > cratsen "to scrape" [M Dutch] > scratch [cw, rc]

gre:waz > graeg [OE] > gray, grey; ? >grighund [OE] > greyhound
[acc. cw <? IE *gher- "to shine, glow, gray"] [cw]
gri:syaz "gray" > gris [Fr] >grisaille, grison, grizzle; griseus "grayish"
[Med Latin] griseous
[acc. cw <? IE *gher- "to shine, glow, gray"] [cw]

guaffile "Haspel" [hook?] [It < Germanic] [tv84]

guatare "to watch", guattero "Küchenjunge"
[It < Germanic root of Wächter] [tv84]

guidrigildo "reward" [It < Germanic] [tv84]

guiffa "Zeichen des rechtlichen Besitzes [property sign?]" [It < Germanic]
[tv84]

gunthyo: "battle" [tv84, my sp.]

gwet- "resin?" [Celtic & Germanic] > *gwet-u > kwithu- [OE] > cwudu, cwidu,
cudu "resin, mastic
gum, cud, i.e. something chewed" [OE] > cud, quid; > *betu- "birch, birch
resin" [Celtic] > bitumen
[Latin < Gaulish] > bitumen, [cw] > betún "bitumen, wax, asphalt, shoe
polish, etc." [Sp]



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