Where does “Gießen” come from?

Gießen (German) comes from Middle High German gieȥen, from Old High German gioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic geutan, from Proto-Germanic geutaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- — to pour.

Gießen (German): gerund of gießen; moulding; casting

Definitions

  1. gerund of gießen; moulding; casting

Ancestry of “Gießen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangieȥento pour
2Old High Germangioȥanto pour
3Proto-West Germanicgeutanto pour
4Proto-Germanicgeutanąto pour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰewd-to pour
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰew-to pour

Words derived from “Gießen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic geutaną →