Etymograph

English

gigue

Gigue comes from French gigue ‘lively and gay dance originally from the…’, from Proto-Germanic *gīganą ‘to move, wish, desire’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰeyǵʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gīganą‘to move, wish, desire’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*gīge‘dance, fiddle’reconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gige
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentgigue‘lively and gay dance originally from the British Isles, gigue, jig’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰeyǵʰ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gīganą‘to move, wish, desire’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*gīge‘dance, fiddle’reconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gige
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentgigue‘lively and gay dance originally from the British Isles, gigue, jig’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

Earliest quotation: 1922, Eric Rücker Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance: “[…] sweet to us it is to behold delightful…”

Linked words

through French gigue ‘lively and gay dance originally from the…’

gigolo, 1 more

Today it means

noun An Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period).

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ- / gigue

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