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From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*gawją}}, {{m|gem-pro|*gawjō}}, {{m|gem-pro|*gawô||country, region, environment}}, from {{ |
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*gawją}}, {{m|gem-pro|*gawjō}}, {{m|gem-pro|*gawô||country, region, environment}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*ghaw-||wasteland, area surrounding a thorp}}. Akin to {{cog|osx|-ga|-gā, -gō|district}}, {{cog|odt|-go|-gauua, -gō, -gōie|region}}. |
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Revision as of 10:06, 23 February 2017
Northern Sami
Etymology
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Particle
-ge
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gawją, *gawjō, *gawô (“country, region, environment”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghaw- (“wasteland, area surrounding a thorp”). Akin to Old Saxon -gā, -gō (“district”), Old Dutch -gauua, -gō, -gōie (“region”).
Suffix
-ġē f
- Suffix used to denote a region or territory
- ǣlġē (“eel-country”)
- Suffix used in placenames meaning region of, or district of
- Sūþrīeġ, Sūþrīġe (“Surrey", lit. "Southerly District”)
- Scōnīeġ, Scōnēġ (“Skaane”)
Descendants
- -y, -ey found in some English placenames