Etymograph

English

guige

Guige comes from Old French guige ‘guige (strap)’, and goes back to Frankish *widdja.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*widdjareconstructed
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400guige‘guige (strap)’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gige
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1824guige

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*widdjareconstructed
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400guige‘guige (strap)’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gige
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1824guige

Earliest quotation: 1824, Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts: “The shape of the shield at this period […]…”

The story

In early uses, inherited from Middle English gige, and in more recent times re-borrowed from (or respelled according to) that word's source, Old French guige.

Every English word from Frankish *widdja

Today it means

noun A strap attached to a shield, used to hang the shield over the shoulder or from the neck.

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

Etymograph / Frankish *widdja / guige

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