Where does “gezeik” come from?
gezeik (Dutch) comes from Dutch zeiken, from Middle Dutch seiken, from Old Dutch seiken, from Proto-Germanic saikijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
gezeik (Dutch): nagging, whining, bullshit
Definitions
- nagging, whining, bullshit
Ancestry of “gezeik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | zeiken | to piss; to rain; to whine, to nag, to complain |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | seiken | to urinate |
| 3 | Old Dutch | seiken | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | saikijaną | to make drip |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |