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Old English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Germanic *gawją, *gawjō, *gawô (“country, region, environment”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghaw- (“wasteland, area surrounding a thorp”). Akin to Old Saxon -gā, -gō (“district”), Old Dutch -gauua, -gō, -gōie (“region”).
Suffix [edit]
-ġē f
- Suffix used to denote a region or territory
- ǣlġē (“eel-country”)
- Suffix used in placenames meaning region of, or district of
- Sūþrīeġ, Sūþrīġe (“Surrey", lit. "Southerly District”)
- Scōnīeġ, Scōnēġ (“Skaane”)
Descendants [edit]
- -y, -ey found in some English placenames
