Where does “ጓንት” come from?

ጓንት (Amharic) comes from Italian guanto, from Frankish wantu, from Proto-Germanic wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

ጓንት (Amharic): glove

Definitions

  1. glove

Ancestry of “ጓንት”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianguantoglove; condom
2Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
3Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wantuz →