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Where does “guigne” come from?

guigne (French) comes from Old French guine, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱs- — mistletoe.

guigne (French): wild cherry, gean; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. wild cherry, gean; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “guigne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchguine—
2Old High Germanwīhsila—
3Proto-Germanicwīhsilōsour cherry
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱs-mistletoe

Words derived from “guigne”

  • gean
  • ghignare
  • ghigno
  • guigner
  • guignon
  • guignol
  • guignolade
  • ghinion
  • guindo
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