Where does “Gibby” come from?
Gibby (English) comes from English Gibson, from English Gibb, from English gilbert, from Old French Gilbert, from Proto-Germanic gīslaz, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂- — army.
Gibby (English): A Gibson guitar
Definitions
- A Gibson guitar
Ancestry of “Gibby”, step by step
Gibby traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Gibson
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gibson | A cocktail made with gin and vermouth, garnished... |
| 2 | English | Gibb | — |
| 3 | English | gilbert | The CGS unit of magnetomotive force equal to... |
| 4 | Old French | Gilbert | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gīslaz | hostage |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | berhtaz | bright, shining |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |