geg

See also: gęg, Geg, and GEG

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Gengle.

Symbol

geg

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gengle.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Gengle terms

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Origin unknown. Probably from Middle English *geigen, from Old Norse geiga (to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random), from Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną (to deviate, totter, transgress), causative of *gīganą (to move), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (to gape, protrude), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰēy(w)-, *ǵʰyāw- (to yawn, gape); related to Old English *gǣġan (to go, walk, pass by), as in forgǣġan (to transgress, trespass, prevaricate, pass by, neglect, omit), ofergǣġan (to transgress).

Cognate also with Old Frisian gēia (to overstep, exceed), Norwegian dialectal geige (to sway back and forth), Middle High German gīgen (to play the violin), Old English gǣnan (to gape). More at jig.

Verb

geg (third-person singular simple present gegs, present participle gegging, simple past and past participle gegged)

  1. (dialectal, Northern England) To walk carelessly or in a careless manner.
  2. (dialectal) To swing or see-saw.

Derived terms

Noun

geg (plural gegs)

  1. (dialectal) A rut in a path.
  2. (dialectal) A swing or see-saw.

Anagrams

Welsh

Noun

geg

  1. soft mutation of ceg

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceg
radical soft nasal aspirate
ceg geg ngheg cheg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.