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Re: Is the name Guy related to the word "guide"?
Yes, it is. Old High Germanic exhibits the "Zweite Lautverschiebung" (second sound shift) that differentiates it from the other Germanic languages. This sound shift affects most of the consonants: *t becomes z /ts/ initially and s in the middle of a word, *p becomes pf or f, *d becomes t, *b becomes p, *th becomes d, *k becomes /x/ in the middle of the word, and some more.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_German_consonant_shift--elbowin
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