Where does “gekkie” come from?

gekkie (Dutch) comes from Dutch ie, from Middle Dutch hi, from Old Dutch hīe, from Old Dutch hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic hīz — nominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

gekkie (Dutch): silly, silly person

Definitions

  1. silly, silly person

Ancestry of “gekkie”, step by step

gekkie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchie"Third-person singular, masculine, subjective,...
2Middle Dutchhihe
3Old Dutchhīehe
4Old Dutchhē—
5Proto-Germanic*hiʀ—
6Proto-Germanichīznominative plural masculine of *hiz; these, these...

via Dutch gek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgekcrazy, mad; ludicrous, farcical; silly, playful
2Middle Dutchgeckmadman

Words derived from “gekkie”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hīz →