Where does “gasher” come from?
gasher (English) comes from English gash, from French gâcher, from Middle French gascher, from Old French gaschier, from Old Dutch wascan, from Frankish waskan, from Proto-Germanic waskaną, from Proto-Germanic watskaną — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
gasher (English): One who gashes
Definitions
- One who gashes
Ancestry of “gasher”, step by step
gasher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gash | A deep cut; A vulva; A woman |
| 2 | French | gâcher | to ruin, spoil, mar, wreck, waste; to mess up,... |
| 3 | Middle French | gascher | to waste, row |
| 4 | Old French | gaschier | to wash, soak |
| 5 | Old Dutch | wascan | to wash |
| 6 | Frankish | waskan | to wash |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | waskaną | to wash |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | watskaną | to wash, get wet |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |