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Where does “ginguer” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ginguer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgiguerto dance the jig; to dance, gambol, prance,...
2Frenchgiguestring instrument, roughly in the form of a...
3Old Frenchgige—
4Frankishgīgedance, fiddle
5Proto-Germanicgīganąto move, wish, desire
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeyǵʰ-—

Words derived from “ginguer”

  • guinguette
  • guinguette
  • guinguet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ- →