Where does “giredi” come from?

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

giredi (Old Saxon): apparatus, device

Definitions

  1. apparatus, device

Ancestry of “giredi”, step by step

giredi traces back through 3 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 Proto-Germanic raidijaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicraidijazAlternative form of *raidaz
2Proto-Germanicraidazready, arranged, prepared
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁dʰ-to care

via Old Saxon redi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonredi—

Words derived from “giredi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →