Where does “guinguette” come from?
guinguette (French) comes from French guinguet, from French ginguer, from French giguer, from French gigue, from Old French gige, from Frankish gīge, from Proto-Germanic gīganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ-.
guinguette (French): guinguette
Ancestry of “guinguette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | guinguet | A rough wine produced near Paris |
| 2 | French | ginguer | — |
| 3 | French | giguer | to dance the jig; to dance, gambol, prance,... |
| 4 | French | gigue | string instrument, roughly in the form of a... |
| 5 | Old French | gige | — |
| 6 | Frankish | gīge | dance, fiddle |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gīganą | to move, wish, desire |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰeyǵʰ- | — |
Words derived from “guinguette”