English
geo
Geo comes from Norn gjo ‘an inlet, gully or cleft in a rocky coast,…’, and goes back to Old Norse gjá ‘chasm, rift, crack’.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350gjá‘chasm, rift, crack’
- Nornmoderngjo‘an inlet, gully or cleft in a rocky coast, into which the sea flows’
- Englishtodaygeo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350gjá‘chasm, rift, crack’
- Nornmoderngjo‘an inlet, gully or cleft in a rocky coast, into which the sea flows’
- Englishtodaygeo
Every English word from Old Norse gjá
Today it means
noun An inlet, gully or cleft in the face of a cliff.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse gjá / geo