gige

== Middle English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French guige, from Frankish *widdja. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡiːdʒ(ə)/ === Noun === gige (rare, Late Middle English) guige (shield strap) ==== Descendants ==== → English: guige ==== References ==== “gīǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle Low German == === Etymology === Cognate with Middle High German gīge, from Old High German gīga (modern German Geige), from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”). Either borrowed or from the same source. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣiːɣə/ === Noun === gîge f violin, fiddle ==== Derived terms ==== hantgīge gīgenregāl == Nupe == === Etymology === Partial reduplication of ge. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡī.ɡē/ === Noun === gige goodness; being good