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Where does “jachérer” come from?

jachérer (French) comes from French jachère, from Old French gaschiere, from Gaulish gansco, from Proto-Turkic KAk- — to hit, knock, tear.

jachérer (French): To plough fallow land

Definitions

  1. To plough fallow land

Ancestry of “jachérer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjachèrefallow; fallow land
2Old Frenchgaschiere—
3Gaulishganscobranch
4Proto-TurkicKAk-to hit, knock, tear
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