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German word Geist comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyis-, and later Proto-Germanic *gaistaz (Mind. Spirit, ghost. Terror, fear.)

*ǵʰyis- (Proto-Indo-European)

*ǵʰisd- (Proto-Indo-European)

*gaistaz (Proto-Germanic)

Mind. Spirit, ghost. Terror, fear.

geist (Old High German)

Spirit.

Geist (German)

(chiefly in compounds) an alcoholic drink; a spirit (Christianity) the Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost. (Egoistic philosophy) spook. Essence. Ghost; spook. Mind. Spirit. Wit.

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