köken: From Middle High German gir, from Old High German giri. The surname is from the noun, though it is also a Low German form of Geyer and in some personal name shortenings related to the ancient *gaiʀ (“spear”) as in Gerhardt.
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish cobdicia, borrowed from Late Latin cupiditia, from cupiditās (“desire”), with a change in suffix. Compare Asturian cobicia and Portuguese cobiça.
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese cobiiça (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin *cupiditia, from cupiditās. Cognate with Portuguese cobiça and Spanish codicia.