Geiss
Appearance
Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German geiz, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰayd-. Cognate with German Geiß, Dutch geit, English goat, Icelandic geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Geiss f
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co. p. 28: "gæıss f. Ziege", p. 51: "gæıss Ziege"
German
[edit]Noun
[edit]Geiss f (genitive Geiss, plural Geissen, diminutive Geisslein n)
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Geiß.
Declension
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- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Alemannic German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German feminine nouns
- Alsatian Alemannic German
- Urner Alemannic German
- gsw:Goats
- gsw:Female animals
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- Switzerland and Liechtenstein German forms