UrsprungFrom Old Swedish girugher, gerogher (compare Norwegian girug), to an earlier Old East Norse *girugr ← *girugʀ, potentially to a Proto-Norse *ᚷᛁᚱᚢᚷᚨᛉ (*girugaʀ); in root akin to *girį̄ + *-gaz; via pattern from Old Danish girig, Middle Low German gerich, Old High German girig (compare German gierig). First recorded in the 13th century Westrogothic law (Westgöta-Lagen).
Related to Old Swedish giri (“greed, desire”), Old High German giri from Proto-Germanic *girį̄. Compare to Western Old Norse gráðugr.
- greedy (having greed; consumed by selfish desires)
- eager (to have something)
Formergirigare(comparative) · girigast(superlative) · girig(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, positive) · girigare(comparative, error-unrecognized-form, indefinite) · girigast(error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, superlative) · girigt(indefinite, neuter, positive, singular) · girigare(comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular) · girigast(indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative) · giriga(indefinite, plural, positive) · girigare(comparative, indefinite, plural) · girigast(indefinite, plural, superlative) · girige(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, positive) · girigare(archaic, comparative, indefinite, masculine, plural) · girigast(archaic, indefinite, masculine, plural, superlative) · girige(definite, masculine, positive, singular) · girigare(comparative, definite, masculine, singular) · girigaste(definite, masculine, singular, superlative) · giriga(definite, error-unrecognized-form, positive) · girigare(comparative, definite, error-unrecognized-form) · girigaste(definite, error-unrecognized-form, superlative)