Where does “gauder” come from?
gauder (French) comes from French gaude, from Danish galde, from Frankish *walda, from Proto-Germanic walþō, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
gauder (French): to dye using weld
Ancestry of “gauder”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | gaude | weld; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Danish | galde | bile, gall |
| 3 | Frankish | *walda | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | walþō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |