Where does “Geess” come from?

Geess (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German geiz, from Proto-West Germanic gait, from Proto-Germanic gaits, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd-.

Geess (Pennsylvania German): goat

Definitions

  1. goat

Ancestry of “Geess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangeiz—
2Proto-West Germanicgaitgoat; thrush
3Proto-Germanicgaitsgoat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰayd-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰayd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaits →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gait →