Where does “gihugd” come from?

gihugd (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

gihugd (Old Saxon): memory; intelligence

Definitions

  1. memory; intelligence

Ancestry of “gihugd”, step by step

gihugd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon gī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongīyou plural
2Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
3Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
4Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via Old Saxon huggian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhuggianto think; to think about, to consider
2Proto-Germanichugjanąto think, consider
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →