Where does “guitig” come from?

guitig (Dutch) comes from Dutch guit, from Middle Dutch guyte, from Middle Dutch gu(i)ten, from Old Norse gauta — to talk a lot.

guitig (Dutch): mischievous, cheeky

Definitions

  1. mischievous, cheeky

Ancestry of “guitig”, step by step

guitig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch guit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchguittomboy, rascal, joker, troublemaker
2Middle Dutchguyterascal, good-for-nothing, freeloader
3Middle Dutchgu(i)tento make fun of
4Old Norsegautato talk a lot

via Dutch ig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchig-y
Every word from Old Norse gauta →Every word from Middle Dutch gu(i)ten →Every word from Middle Dutch guyte →
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