Where does “gerbe” come from?

gerbe (French) comes from French gerber, from Middle French gerber, from Middle French gerbe, from Old French jarbe, from Frankish garba, from Proto-Germanic garbō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- — to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

gerbe (French): sheaf; spray, bouquet; collection, anthology

Definitions

  1. sheaf; spray, bouquet; collection, anthology

Ancestry of “gerbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgerberto sheave; To puke, to throw up
2Middle Frenchgerber—
3Middle Frenchgerbesheaf
4Old Frenchjarbe—
5Frankishgarbasheaf
6Proto-Germanicgarbōsheaf
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

Words derived from “gerbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic garbō →Every word from Frankish garba →