Name Element
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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element
Ancient Germanic
*gitisōn = 'to guess' [1]
Old Norse
geta = 'guess', 'conjecture' [2] [3] [1]
geta = 'to guess', 'get' [3] [1]
Old Danish
gitse = 'to guess'
getze = 'to guess'
Swedish
gissa = 'to guess' [1]
Middle Low German
gissen = 'to guess' [1]
Old English
gessen = 'to estimate', 'appraise'
Combinations
First Element Forms
Giss-
Giz-
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Geir T. Zoëga: A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (1910)