English
gesith
Gesith comes from Old English ġesīþ ‘companion, fellow, comrade’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *gasinþô.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gasinþô‘companion, comrade’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gasinþreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġesīþ‘companion, fellow, comrade’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903gesith
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gasinþô‘companion, comrade’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gasinþreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150ġesīþ‘companion, fellow, comrade’
- Englishearliest quotation 1903gesith
Earliest quotation: 1903, William Stubbs: “Beowulf the son of the noble Ecgtheow became the…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô
Today it means
noun A companion to an athel or king in medieval England; a thegn; a comrade
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *gasinþô / gesith