Where does “giskinan” come from?

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

giskinan (Old Saxon): to shine

Definitions

  1. to shine

Ancestry of “giskinan”, step by step

giskinan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch gī

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

via Old Dutch skīnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskīnanto shine
2Proto-West Germanicskīnanto shine; to appear
3Proto-Germanicskīnanąto shine; to appear
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₁y-to shine, shimmer

via Old Saxon gī

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongīyou plural
2Proto-Germaniciwwizyou
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →