ghaido- or ĝhaido-

    ghaido- or ĝhaido-

    English meaning: goat

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Ziegenbock, Ziege”

    Material: Lat. haedus, -ī m. “ a young goat, a kid “ from *ghaidos (dialect (h)ēdus, faedus, fēdus); Maybe abbreviated Alb. (*ĝheida) dhija “ a goat” common Alb. ĝh- > d- ; -d- > -j- phonetic mutations. Goth. gaits and O.H.G. geiz f., O.Ice. geit f., O.S. gēt, f., O.E. güt f., O.S. get f. (consonant stem) “goat”, originally used for both genders. From *ghaido- derived *ghaidīnos: Lat. haedīnus “ of a kid “, O.E. gǣ ten, O.H.G. geizīn “ of or pertaining to goats “, Goth. gaitein n. “ kid “, O.H.G. geizīn n. “ he-goat; billy goat “. O.H.G. ziga, wherefore O.E. ticcen and O.H.G. zicchīn with hypocoristic consonant stretch, is not “ through causing taboo Lautumstellung” from IE *ghidhós originated, rather as Auslautsdublette to Gk. δίζα ᾱ ἴξ. Λάκωνες (Hes.) < *digi̯a, Arm. tik “hose (from goatskin)” to stellen. Daß Alb. qith “kid”, M.Ir. cit ‘sheep”, O.N. kið “Tierjunges”, O.H.G. kizzi(n), chizzi n. (Gmc. *kittīna) “ caressing alteration “ are from ghaido-, is a unnecessary assumptIon. Rather the named words are directly an enticing (or frightening) shout, call, as kitz, gitz, hitz, hetz usf. is attested to have evolved from most different languages and dialects.

    References: WP. I 527 f., WH. I 632, 868.