Giir

See also: gir, gír, gîr, gĩr, ɣir, and gi'r

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German gīr, from giri (“greedy”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gernaz (“eager, willing”). Cognate to German Geier (“vulture”), German gern (“willingly”), English yearn (“desire strongly”), Dutch gaarne (“with pleasure”), Icelandic gjarn (“willing”). From the same Proto-Indo-European root as Ancient Greek χαίρω (khaírō, “to be happy”), Latin horior (“encourage, urge”).

Noun

Giir m

(Uri) vulture

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 24.

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