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Cimbrian
Etymology
Compare Middle English gigen (“to make a creaking sound”), which is perhaps the origin of English giggle, and German Geige (“fiddle”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Verb
ghiigan
- (Sette Comuni) to creak, squeak
- ghiighent de suughe ― squeaking of shoes
References
- “ghiigan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo