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Where does “гейский” come from?

гейский (Russian) comes from Russian гей, from English Gay, from English Queen, from Middle English quene, from Old English cwene, from Old English cwēn, from Proto-West Germanic kwāni, from Proto-Germanic kwēniz — woman.

гейский (Russian): gayish

Definitions

  1. gayish

Ancestry of “гейский”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianгейhey!; hi!; giddyup!
2EnglishGay—
3EnglishQueen—
4Middle EnglishqueneA queen; Any powerful woman noble; A female...
5Old Englishcwenea woman; inflection of cwēn: ##...
6Old Englishcwēnqueen; woman, wife, queen
7Proto-West Germanickwāniwoman, wife
8Proto-Germanickwēnizwife
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷḗnwoman
10Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman
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