Where does “gour” come from?

gour (French) comes from Latin gurges, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

gour (French): butte; A permanent rock pool; An oxbow,...

Definitions

  1. butte; A permanent rock pool; An oxbow,...

Ancestry of “gour”, step by step

gour traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin gurges

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatingurgesA whirlpool; An eddy; A gulf, or a sea
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

via Ottoman Turkish قور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقورwooing; glowing coal, ember
2Proto-Turkickȫŕglowing coals

Words derived from “gour”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- →Every word from Latin gurges →