Where does “geiz” come from?

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

Ancestry of “geiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangeiz
2Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-Every word from Proto-Germanic gaitsEvery word from Proto-West Germanic gait
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