gel
Old Saxon
adj
Definitions
- wanton, lustful; wicked
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (excited, merry, luxurious, lush, lustful, voluptious, beautiful, extravagant) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (frothing, wanton, tempestuous).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰoylos
Gloss
frothing, wanton, tempestuous
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Geilheit German
- geil German
- geldgeil German
- karrieregeil German
- notgeil German
- promigeil German
- beregeil Dutch, Flemish
- bevergeil Dutch, Flemish
- bloedgeil Dutch, Flemish
- botergeil Dutch, Flemish
- geil Dutch, Flemish
- geilbek Dutch, Flemish
- geilen Dutch, Flemish
- geilheid Dutch, Flemish
- geilig Dutch, Flemish
- geilneef Dutch, Flemish
- geilzoet Dutch, Flemish
- mediageil Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰoylo- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰoylos Proto-Indo-European
- *gailaz Proto-Germanic
- galfull Old English
- gāl Old English
- gal Middle English
- gol Middle English
- gheil Middle Dutch
- geil Old High German
- geil Middle High German
- *gail gmw-pro
- *gailisōn gmw-pro
- gjäl Westrobothnian
- *gail Frankish