Giir

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Old High German gīr, from giri (“greedy”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gernaz (“eager, willing”). Cognate to German Geier (“vulture”), German gern (“willingly”), English yearn (“desire strongly”), Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure”), Icelandic gjarn (“willing”). === Noun === Giir m (Uri) vulture === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 24.