from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Germanic *gīslaz. *<span class="searchmatch">kihla</span> pledge (security to payment) bet, wager engagement gift Inflection of *<span class="searchmatch">kihla</span> Estonian: kihl Finnish: <span class="searchmatch">kihla</span>, kihlat pl...
gissel Old Swedish: gīsl ⇒ Old Swedish: gislan Swedish: gisslan Danish: gidsel Vandalic: *gīsl- → <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Finnic</span>: *<span class="searchmatch">kihla</span> (see there for further descendants)...