Where does “gashes” come from?
Gashes derives from English gash, from Middle English gastful meaning frightful, from Old French garser, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω meaning to scratch or engrave, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-.
gashes (English): plural of gash; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of gash; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “gashes”, step by step
| 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;... |