Where does “gigue” come from?

gigue (French) comes from Old French gige, from Frankish gīge, from Proto-Germanic gīganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ-.

gigue (French): string instrument, roughly in the form of a...

Definitions

  1. string instrument, roughly in the form of a...

Ancestry of “gigue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgige—
2Frankishgīgedance, fiddle
3Proto-Germanicgīganąto move, wish, desire
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeyǵʰ-—

Words derived from “gigue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gīganą →Every word from Frankish gīge →