gier
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɣiːr/
noun
Definitions
- (zoology) vulture
- (by extension) monster, notably hellspawn
- (figuratively) human vulture, rapacious or predatory person
- (figuratively) consuming desire
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch gir inherited from Old Dutch *gīr inherited from Proto-Germanic *gīraz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gīraz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kiiras Finnish
- aas Dutch, Flemish
- aasgier Dutch, Flemish
- bischierig Dutch, Flemish
- gierig Dutch, Flemish
- gierigaard Dutch, Flemish
- gierigheid Dutch, Flemish
- monnik Dutch, Flemish
- monniksgier Dutch, Flemish
- nieuws Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsgier Dutch, Flemish
- nieuwsgierig Dutch, Flemish
- raaf Dutch, Flemish
- raafgier Dutch, Flemish
- roofgier Dutch, Flemish
- roofgierig Dutch, Flemish
- roven Dutch, Flemish
- twistgierig Dutch, Flemish
- weetgierig Dutch, Flemish
- *gīraz Proto-Germanic
- gir Middle Dutch
- kiire Estonian
- *gīr Old Dutch