gaitier

== Old French == === Alternative forms === gaiter, guaiter, guaitier, waiter === Etymology === From Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”)). Compare Anglo-Norman waiter from the Old Northern French variant. === Verb === gaitier to watch; to survey ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Derived terms ==== gaite ==== Descendants ==== French: guetter Norman: dgetter (Jersey) → Middle English: waiten, waytenEnglish: waitYola: waaite; wiethe, weithe, waithe; ⇒ dwyth, dwithe (through Anglo-Norman)