Where does “giskot” come from?
giskot (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).
giskot (Old Saxon): tax
Ancestry of “giskot”, step by step
giskot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Saxon gī
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | gī | you plural |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | jiʀ | you |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |
via Old Saxon skōt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | skōt | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skautaz | corner; wedge; the corner of a piece of cloth or... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |