Number: 549
Root: gē(i)- : gō(i)- : gī-
English meaning: to sing, to cry
German meaning: `singen, rufen, schreien'
Material: Ai. gāyati und gāti `singt', gātú- m. und gītí- f. `Gesang', gītá- `gesungen', gā́thā `Gesang, Vers' = av. gāɵa `Lied religiösen Inbalts';
aruss. gaju, gajati `krähen', russ. gajь m. `Dohlengekrächze, Geschrei', gákatь `ächzen, krächzen' usw.;
baltisch *gēidō in lit. gíedu und gíestu, giedóti `singen, krähen', lett. dziêdu, dziêdât `singen'; dazu lit. gýstu, gýdau, gýsti `zu singen, zu krähen anfangen', gaidỹs m. `Hahn', giesmė̃ f. `Kirchenlied', lett. dziêsma f. `Lied', gaîlis m. `Hahn'.
toch. A kāk, В kāka `er rief' (redupl., zu ai. gāti), Präs. 3. Pl. keneńc (*gēi-n-?), Pedersen Tochar. 183, 263.
References: WP. I 526 f., Trautmann 76, W. Schulze KZ. 27, 425 = Kl. Schr. 52.
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