A linguist could tell you if the consonant sound "-str-" is common in the Sioux language or any Plains Indian language. It was shortened to 'g-string,' possibly by contamination from the notion of stringed instruments like guitars and violins, by 1891, at which time we find this interesting quotation in Harper's Magazine: 'Some of the boys wore only "G-strings" (as, for some reason, the breech-clout is commonly called on the prairie).' This suggests that the word may have been of Sioux or other Plains Indian origin."īut. Most etymologists think that 'geestringi' was probably originally an Indian word which was adopted in a form that was more familiar to English tongues. "The word was initially (1878) 'geestring,' and it referred to what amounted to a loincloth held up by a string and worn by certain Indians.
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