Where does “Gîză” come from?
Gîză (Romanian) comes from Romanian gaza, from French gazer, from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā.
Ancestry of “Gîză”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | gaza | to gas |
| 2 | French | gazer | to gas; to smoke; to rage, to become irate |
| 3 | French | gaz | gas; flatulence |
| 4 | Dutch | gas | gas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | gasse | unpaved street |
| 6 | Middle High German | gazze | — |
| 7 | Old High German | gazza | lane |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *gatwā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gatwǭ | street, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰodweh₂ | — |