Where does “gilag” come from?

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

gilag (Old Saxon): fate

Definitions

  1. fate

Ancestry of “gilag”, step by step

gilag 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 lag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonlaglow
2Proto-Germaniclēgazlow; flat, level with the ground
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →