גייס
'goat'

ETYMOLOGY

{Mainly a Western Yiddish word - the usual Eastern Yiddish word is ציג. (Even in German, Geiß is associated with the Southern and West Central dialects.)]
Got. gaits, ON geit, OE gāt, English goat, OS gēt, Dutch geit, OHG geiz, MHG geiz, NHG; from PGmc ✱gait- 'goat' (or ✱gaitz, or ✱gait(i)-) < ✱gʰaid- (WEUR), perhaps meaning 'point, horn, spike'; possibly borrowed from an indigenous (non-IE) European language.
Related: Latin haedus 'billy goat'.

WESTERN

Uf e modige Gaas setzen sich alle Fliegen.
{Maißim un Schnokes vun e Handelewos, LEIPZIG 1845: 43}
- E Jüd un e Gas hoben nie genüg. {43}

Holland (Netherlands)

gaass {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche]
- Der kachel moss akdômes heeren. 'Do not turn off the heater too early. Akdomes is a prayer with a special melody said on Shavuos. Probably the original formulation was: E gaas moss kaan akdoomes heeren.' {Jerosche №417}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

gās {WTCP, U. Weinreich 1964: 252}

gās {WTCP, SOUTHWESTERN HUNGARY, Garvin 1965: 96}

gās {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 139}

gaːs {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

gaːs {WTCP, Vác, 47197}
- gaˑsələ, gaːsələ גייסעלע
- gaːsbɔk גייסבאָק

gaːs {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

gaːs {WTCP, Bratislava, 48171A}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

gaːs {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}
- də gaːsn די גייסן