köken: Inherited from Old French gaiant, jaiant, jaianz, from Vulgar Latin *gagantem, through assimilation from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *deywós Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás Proto-Iranian *daywáh Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /daivaʰ/) Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /dēw/) Persian دیو (dēw /div)bor. Azerbaijani div Borrowed from Persian دیو (dēw /div).
giant (mythical anthropomorphic creature of great size) written with initial capital Γίγαντας (Gígantas) · giant (large person or organisation) · giant star
çekim: çoğul γίγαντες · tamlayan γίγαντα
eş: κολοσσός
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek γίγαντας (gígantas), from Ancient Greek γίγαντᾰ (gígantă, accusative singular of γίγᾱς (gígās)).
köken: Unknown. Generally believed to be based on a calque of Greek κυνοκέφαλος (kynokéfalos, literally “dog-head”). (See cap and câine, cf. Aromanian capdicãne). The -un suffix may indicate an expressive treatment, similar to gărgăun. Also, possibly from a Medieval Latin *capcanus, or linked with an old Turkic kapgan.
giant, colossus (any creature or thing of gigantic size) · giant (a star that is considerably more luminous than a main sequence star of the same temperature) · giant, gigantic, huge, colossal, mammoth
çekim: çoğul óriások
köken: Of disputed origin. Either a loanword from Russian оря́сина (orjásina) or the proper noun Uriás (“Uriah”) becoming a common noun.
köken: From Old Danish iæthtæ, arisen by rebracketing from iætæn (with the ending -n interpreted as a suffixed definite article), from Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
From, iætti, from Old Norse *iætti, byform of Old Norse jǫtunn, from Proto-Germanic *etunaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Doublet of (dialectal) jutul, juttul, jottel (“the devil; clever handy man, trixter, sly fox”); from Old Swedish *iatul, alternative form of iætun (“giant; jotun”); also borrowed into Finnish jatuli (“giant”).