Word Origin Summary

Gėjus is attested in Lithuanian. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃Gothicderived from
2. *wagosProto-Italicinherited from
3. *HwogosProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
4. jaiFrenchderived from
5. gayEnglishborrowed from
6. *gāhiOld Frankishderived from
7. *ganhuzProto-West Germanicderived from
8. vagusLatinderived from

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