ginuog

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ganōc, genūch, genūg, genuog, ginuach, ginuag, ginuoc, ginuoch, gnueg, gnūg, gnuoc, gnuog, kanoac, kanōg, kinōc, kinuoc, kinuog, kenuoc, kenuog, knueg, knuog

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz, whence also Old Saxon ginōg, Old English ġenōg, Old Norse gnógr, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍉𐌷𐍃 (ganōhs).

Adverb

ginuog

1. enough
   • 9th century, Muspilli, line 16-17:

     denne der man in pardîsu pû kiuuinnit / hûs in himile, dâr quimit imo hilfa kinuok.

     When that man in paradise, attains a dwelling / a house in heaven, then enough help will come to him.

Descendants

• Middle High German: genuoc
  • Alemannic German: gnueg
  • Central Franconian: jeno(o)ch, genooch(t), genuuch(t), genuch
    • Luxembourgish: genuch
  • Cimbrian: ghenùg
  • German: genug
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: genunk
  • Yiddish: גענוג (genug)