Where does “geiz” come from?

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

Ancestry of “geiz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
2Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—

Words derived from “geiz”

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