English
Geatish
Geatish comes from Old English Ġēatas ‘Geats’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *gautaz ‘a Geat’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gautaz‘a Geat’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Ġēatas‘Geats’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Ġēatisċ
- Englishearliest quotation 1923Geatish
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gautaz‘a Geat’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Ġēatas‘Geats’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Ġēatisċ
- Englishearliest quotation 1923Geatish
Earliest quotation: 1923, Kemp Malone, The Literary History of Hamlet: The Early Tradition: “This description does not fit the historical Hygelac, of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’
god, chemist, giddy, futile, gust, futility, geyser, gush, ingot, 23 more
through Proto-Germanic *geutaną ‘to pour’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the Geats.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gautaz / Geatish