Where does “gygaw” come from?

gygaw (English) comes from Middle English givegove, from Middle English give, from Old English ġiefu, from Proto-West Germanic gebu, from Proto-Germanic gebō — gift; name of the G-rune.

Ancestry of “gygaw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgivegovegewgaw, trifle
2Middle Englishgivesuggest, given
3Old Englishġiefugift
4Proto-West Germanicgebugift
5Proto-Germanicgebōgift; name of the G-rune
Every word from Proto-Germanic gebō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gebu →Every word from Old English ġiefu →