giża
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "giza"
Old Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”). First attested in 1255.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
giża f
- ham, buttock (animal leg or rear)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- tribute or ham or buttock
- 1874 [14th century], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume III, page 48:
- Ab omni liberamus exactione, ... a dacione cise, rogoue, stan
- [Ab omni liberamus exactione, ... a dacione giże, rogowe, stan]
- tribute or ham or buttock
Descendants[edit]
- >? Polish: gira (“leg”)
Further reading[edit]
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “giża”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Categories:
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Old Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Polish lemmas
- Old Polish nouns
- Old Polish feminine nouns
- Old Polish terms with quotations
- Old Polish terms with uncertain meaning
- zlw-opl:Animal body parts
- zlw-opl:Body parts