Miguel wrote:
>Latin <haedus> obviously comes from *ghaidos, just
>like Goth. gaits, E. goat, Du. geit, German
>(dial.) Geiss.
e Geiß or Geiss, "female goat," is actually pan-German.
(In some Alpine regions also dialectal variants such as
Goaß/Goass, Gees and Gääss.). Further meaning: "webliches
Tier vom Gems-, Stein- und Rehwild" (says Wahrig).
Etym.: according to Wahrig, < OHG geiz. Akin to das
Kitz < OHG diminutival chizzi/kizzi(n) < Germanic
*kittina < Germanic *kidja, influenced by Germanic
*gaitina < PIE *ghaidino-
George