Where does “gei” come from?
gei (Italian) comes from English Jay, from English jy, from English I, from Old French i, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic, from Proto-Italic hek(e) — resin.
gei (Italian): Synonym of i lunga
Ancestry of “gei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Jay | — |
| 2 | English | jy | The name of the Latin-script letter J |
| 3 | English | I | The speaker or writer, referred to as the... |
| 4 | Old French | i | there |
| 5 | Latin | hīc | — |
| 6 | Latin | heic | — |
| 7 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |