gi-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gi"

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

Prefix

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.
2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
3. Forms collective nouns.

Alternative forms

• ge-

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ge-

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• ga-, ki-, ka-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

Prefix

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.
2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
3. Forms collective nouns.

Derived terms

Old High German terms prefixed with gi-

Descendants

• Middle High German: ge-
  • Alemannic German: g- or ge- (euphonic)
  • German: ge-
  • Luxembourgish: ge-
  • Vilamovian: gy-
  • Yiddish: גע־ (ge-)

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• ge-
• ga-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm.

Prefix

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.

   giboran (“born”)

   gifundan (“found”)

   gihētan (“called”)

   githāht (“thought”)

   gialdrod (“aged”)

2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.

   gidōmian (“to doom”)

   gibrengian (“to accomplish”)

   gidēlian (“to distribute”)

   gifāhan (“to catch”)

   gifremmian (“to accomplish”)

   gifregnan (“to experience”)

   gifullian (“to fulfill”)

   gigarwian (“to prepare”)

   gigirnian (“to acquire”)

   gihaldan (“to keep”)

   gihalon (“to acquire”)

   gihētan (“to promise”)

   gihuggian (“to remember”)

   gimanagfaldon (“to multiply”)

3. Forms collective nouns.

   gibrōthar (“brothers”)

   giswestar (“siblings”)

   gibūr (“neighbour”)

Derived terms

Old Saxon terms prefixed with gi-

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ge-
  • Low German: e-, ge-

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Phuthi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nguni *ngi-.

Prefix

gi-

1. I; first-person singular subject concord.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Nguni *ngí-.

Prefix

gi-

1. me; first-person singular object concord.