Where does “guydie” come from?

guydie (Middle English) comes from Old English gidiġ, from Proto-Germanic gudīgaz — ghostly, spirited.

Ancestry of “guydie”, step by step

guydie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English gidiġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgidiġ—
2Proto-Germanicgudīgazghostly, spirited

via Old English gydiġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgydiġpossessed by a spirit or demon, mad, insane
Every word from Proto-Germanic gudīgaz →Every word from Old English gidiġ →