Where does “gigă” come from?

gigă (Romanian) comes from French gigue, from Old French gige, from Frankish gīge, from Proto-Germanic gīganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ-.

gigă (Romanian): jig

Definitions

  1. jig

Ancestry of “gigă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgiguestring instrument, roughly in the form of a...
2Old Frenchgige—
3Frankishgīgedance, fiddle
4Proto-Germanicgīganąto move, wish, desire
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeyǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeyǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gīganą →Every word from Frankish gīge →