- gē(i)- : gō(i)- : gī-
- gē(i)- : gō(i)- : gī-English meaning: to sing, to cryDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘singen, rufen, schreien”Note: onomatopoeic wordMaterial: O.Ind. güyati and güti “ sings”, gütú - m. and gītí - f. “ song”, gītá - ‘sung, chanted”, gǘ thü “ song, verse” = Av. güϑa “ song of religious content “; aRuss. gaju, gajati “ crow, squawk “, Russ. gajь m. “ Jackdaw’s croaking, clamor”, gákatь “ groan, croak, caw “ etc.; Baltic *gēidō in Lith. gíedu and gíestu, giedóti ‘sing, cackle, crow, squawk “, Ltv. dziêdu, dziêdât ‘sing”; in addition Lith. gūstu, gūdau, gūsti “to sing, begin crow “, gaidỹs m. “rooster, cock”, giesme ̃ f. “Kirchenlied”, Ltv. dziêsma f. “ song “, gaîlis m. “rooster, cock”. Maybe Lat. gallus “rooster, cock” : Alb. gjel “rooster, cock” Toch. A kük, В küka “ he shouted “ (redupl., to O.Ind. güti), present 3. pl. keneńc (*gēi-n- ?), Pedersen Tochar. 183, 263.References: WP. I 526 f., Trautmann 76, W. Schulze KZ. 27, 425 = Kl. Schr. 52.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.