Where does “gazer” come from?

gazer (French) comes from French gaz, from Dutch gas, from Middle Dutch gasse, from Middle High German gazze, from Old High German gazza, from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

gazer (French): to gas; to smoke; to rage, to become irate

Definitions

  1. to gas; to smoke; to rage, to become irate

Ancestry of “gazer”, step by step

gazer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgazgas; flatulence
2Dutchgasgas; liquefied petroleum gas; unpaved street
3Middle Dutchgasseunpaved street
4Middle High Germangazze—
5Old High Germangazzalane
6Proto-West Germanic*gatwā—
7Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂—

via French gaze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgazegauze; first-person singular present indicative...
2Arabicقَزّsilk
3PersianکزAlternative form of کژ
4Middle Persiankaž—
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook

Words derived from “gazer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gatwā →