South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *gās-i

Meaning : trouble

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : kāci

Tamil meaning : difficulty, straits (? < Te.)

Kannada : gāsi, ghāsi

Kannada meaning : trouble, fatigue, pain

Tulu : gāsi

Tulu meaning : trouble, fatigue, pain

Number in DED : 1430

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *gās-i

Meaning : trouble

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *gās-i

Proto-Telugu : *gās-

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *gās-

Meaning : trouble, fatigue, pain

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : gāsi

Additional forms : Also gāsincu to harass, vex, fatigue, exhaust; [1] gāsilu, [2] gāsillu to labour, be wearied, be harassed

Number in DED : 1430

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *gicwV ( ~ -c`w-)

Meaning: be agitated, injured

Indo-European: *g'heis-, *g'h[e]izd-

Uralic: *kičV

Dravidian: *gās-i

References: ND 596 *gič̣V 'to injure, irritate' (+ Sem. and dub. Chad.) (but in 690 *g[ä]yŝVʔ/ʕa 'be frightened' the IE form is compared with Mong. *gasa-la-, TM *gasa- 'be grieved, worry'?).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *g'heis-

Meaning: to tremble (with fear)

Avestan: zaēša- `Schauderschaft', zōišnu- `zusammenschreckend, schaudernd, bebend (cor Frost)', zōiždišta- `der schauderhafteste, abscheulichste'

Germanic: *gīs-n-a- vb., *gais-ia- vb., *gais-t=, *gais-k=

Russ. meaning: дрожать от страха

References: WP I 553 f

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *gīsnan-, *gaisian-, *gaist=, *gaisk=

Meaning: fear, be afraid

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: *us-gīsnan wk. `be astonished'; *us-gaisjan wk. `frighten'

Old Norse: geiska-full-r `voll Schrecken', NIsl geiski `Schrecken'

Old English: gǟstan `in Schrecken versetzen'

English: aghast, ghastly

Uralic etymology :

Number: 301

Proto: *kičV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: illness

German meaning: Krankheit

Finnish: kitu- 'kränkeln, verkümmern, leiden' ( > Saam. L kitō- 'lange schwer krank sein')

Estonian: kidu-, kidi- 'kränkeln', kide (gen. kide) 'Kränklichkeit'

Udmurt (Votyak): ki̮ž (G) 'Krampf?', kị̑ž 'Krankheit; Krankheitsgeist'

Komi (Zyrian): ki̮ž 'totgeborenes Kind' ?

Khanty (Ostyak): kĕčǝ (V DN), kȧ̆si (O) 'Krankheit, krank'

Sammalahti's version: *ki/eči

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