Where does “Geiß” come from?

Geiß (German) comes from Old High German geiz, from Proto-West Germanic gait, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

Geiß (German): goat; she-goat; female roe deer

Definitions

  1. goat; she-goat; female roe deer

Ancestry of “Geiß”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangeiz—
2Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “Geiß”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gait →