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Where does “garas” come from?

garas (French) comes from French garer, from Middle French garer, from Old French garir, from Frankish warjan, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

garas (French): second-person singular past historic of garer

Definitions

  1. second-person singular past historic of garer

Ancestry of “garas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgarerto cover, to shelter; to park; to dock
2Middle Frenchgarer—
3Old FrenchgarirAlternative form of guarir
4Frankishwarjanto fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,...
5Proto-West Germanicwaʀjanto clothe
6Proto-Germanicwarjanąto ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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