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Proto-Germanic: *gīgan-, *gingian- vb., *gingiēn
Meaning: wish, desire
Gothic: *fɛhu-gīgan wk. `desire', ga-gīgan wk. `gain'
Old Norse: ? geige wk. `seitwärts abweichen'
Norwegian: ? dial. geige `hin und her schwanken', dial. geigla, geigra, geina `schief gehen', dial. giga, gigla, gigra `lose stehen, wackeln'
Old English: ? for-gǟgan `abweichen, überschreiten'
Old Frisian: gēia `Busse zahlen'
Old High German: gingēn wk. `nach etwas verlangen', gingo wk. m. `das Verlangen'
Middle High German: ginge wk. m., st. f. 'verlangen'; gīgen st., wk. 'geigen'
German: geigen `sich hin- und herbewegen'
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Proto-IE: *gheig(')h-
Meaning: to yawn, to long for, to desire
Old Indian: jéhamāna (ptc.) `to open the mouth, gape'
Russ. meaning: разевать рот, желать
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 634
Root: gheiĝh-
English meaning: to yearn for
German meaning: `begehren, gierig sein'
General comments: (s. auch das ähnliche gheidh-)??
Material: Ai. jēh- nur in jḗhamāna-ḥ `gälmend, den Mund aufsperrend, klaffend, lechzend'; vielleicht sekundär zu jíhītē, S. 418; got. faihu-geigan `begehren', ga-geigan `gewinnen', nasaliert ahd. gingēn `nach etwas verlangen', gingo `das Verlangen'; nach Wissmann Nom. postverb. 41 jedoch zu ĝhei-gh-, oben S. 421.
lit. ãpmaudą giẽžti `Groll hegen', giežiúos `heftig verlangen', pagiẽžti `nach Rache verlangen', pagiežà `Rachgier'; falls lit. giẽžti, pa-giẽžti intr. `im Halse kratzen' damit identisch wäre, müßte obige Zusammenstellung fortfallen.
References: WP. I 552; anders Feist 136 f.
Pages: 427
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