Etymograph

English

Goring

Goring comes from Old English Garingas ‘people of Gara’, from gār ‘spear, arrow, dart’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘to throw’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeys-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰoysós‘pointed stick, spear’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gaizaz‘spear, pike, javelin’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gaiʀ‘spear’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150gār‘spear, arrow, dart’
  7. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Garingas‘people of Gara’
  8. EnglishtodayGoring

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰey-‘to throw’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰeys-reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰoysós‘pointed stick, spear’reconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gaizaz‘spear, pike, javelin’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gaiʀ‘spear’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150gār‘spear, arrow, dart’
  7. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Garingas‘people of Gara’
  8. EnglishtodayGoring

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- ‘to throw’

hibernation, chimera, hibernate, goad, 13 more

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys-

ahimsa

through Proto-Germanic *gaizaz ‘spear, pike, javelin’

gore, 1 more

Today it means

name A village in Goring-on-Thames parish, South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames (OS grid ref SU6080).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- / Goring

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