English
ginch
Ginch comes from Ukrainian га́чі ‘trousers, pants’, from Proto-Slavic *gaťę ‘underwear’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- ‘to go, to walk around’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeh₂-‘to go, to walk around’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gaťę‘underwear’reconstructed
- Ukrainianmodernга́чіháči‘trousers, pants’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000ginch
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷeh₂-‘to go, to walk around’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*gaťę‘underwear’reconstructed
- Ukrainianmodernга́чіháči‘trousers, pants’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000ginch
Earliest quotation: 2000, John Farrow, City of Ice: “She stowed the ginch she had just received as…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- ‘to go, to walk around’
through Ukrainian га́чі ‘trousers, pants’
Today it means
noun Underwear, especially men's briefs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- / ginch