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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”). First attested in 1255.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɡiʒʲa/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɡiʒʲa/
Noun
giża f
- (attested in Greater Poland, Masovia) ham, buttock (animal leg or rear)
1885-2024 [c. 1428], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume I, Międzyrzecz, Warsaw, page 488:Gysza spatula- [Giża spatula]
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- tribute or ham or buttock
1874 [14th century], Monumenta Medii Aevi Historica res gestas Poloniae illustrantia. Pomniki Dziejowe Wieków Średnich do objaśnienia rzeczy polskich służące, volume III, page 48:Ab omni liberamus exactione, ... a dacione cise, rogoue, stan- [Ab omni liberamus exactione, ... a dacione giże, rogowe, stan]
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Further reading
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “giża”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN