Where does “Geiss” come from?

Geiss (Alemannic German) comes from Old High German geiz, from Proto-West Germanic gait, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

Geiss (Alemannic German): goat; she-goat

Definitions

  1. goat; she-goat

Ancestry of “Geiss”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangeiz—
2Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “Geiss”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gait →