Where does “ganter” come from?

ganter (French) comes from French gant, from Latin wantus, from Frankish wantu, from Proto-Germanic wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

ganter (French): to glove

Definitions

  1. to glove

Ancestry of “ganter”, step by step

ganter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgantglove
2Latinwantusglove
3Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
4Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Middle English gante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgante—
2Proto-Germanicganutôgander

Words derived from “ganter”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →