English
gadgie
Gadgie comes from Romani gaʒo ‘a non-Roma’.
- Romanimoderngaʒo‘a non-Roma’
- Romani, derivedmoderngaʒeplural of gaʒo
- Englishearliest quotation 2008gadgie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Romanimoderngaʒo‘a non-Roma’
- Romani, derivedmoderngaʒeplural of gaʒo
- Englishearliest quotation 2008gadgie
Earliest quotation: 2008, Ian Black, An earthquake hits Newcastle: “They also said (many times) “Fuck” and “Some gadgie's…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘enclosure’
urban, yard, garden, hangar, garth, jardin, girth, girdle, gord, gird, 9 more
Today it means
noun A man.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Romani gaʒo / gadgie