Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• ge-

Prefix

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.
2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.
3. Forms collective nouns.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: ghe-, ge-
  • Dutch: ge-
    • Afrikaans: ge-

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• ge-
• ga-

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ga-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm. Cognate with Old Dutch gi-, ge-, Old English ġe-, Old Frisian ge-, e-, Old High German ga-, gi-, Gothic 𐌲𐌰- ‎(ga-).

Prefix

gi-

1. Used for forming the past participle.

   giboran ‎(“born”)

   gifundan ‎(“found”)

   gihētan ‎(“called”)

   githāht ‎(“thought”)

   gialdrod ‎(“aged”)

2. Forms perfective verbs from other verbs with a sense of completeness, or simply as an intensifier.

   gidōmian ‎(“to doom”)

   gibrengian ‎(“to accomplish”)

   gidēlian ‎(“to distribute”)

   gifāhan ‎(“to catch”)

   gifremmian ‎(“to accomplish”)

   gifregnan ‎(“to experience”)

   gifullian ‎(“to fulfill”)

   gigarwian ‎(“to prepare”)

   gigirnian ‎(“to acquire”)

   gihaldan ‎(“to keep”)

   gihalon ‎(“to acquire”)

   gihētan ‎(“to promise”)

   gihuggian ‎(“to remember”)

   gimanagfaldon ‎(“to multiply”)

3. Forms collective nouns.

   gibrōthar ‎(“brothers”)

   giswestar ‎(“siblings”)

   gibūr ‎(“neighbour”)

Descendants

• Middle Low German: ge-
  • Low German: e-, ge-

Derived terms