Where does “Garagentor” come from?

Garagentor (German) comes from German Garage, from French garage, from French garer, from Middle French garer, from Old French garir, from Frankish warjan, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic warjaną — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Garagentor (German): garage door

Definitions

  1. garage door

Ancestry of “Garagentor”, step by step

Garagentor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Garage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGaragegarage; car park, parking garage
2Frenchgaragegarage
3Frenchgarerto cover, to shelter; to park; to dock
4Middle Frenchgarer
5Old FrenchgarirAlternative form of guarir
6Frankishwarjanto fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,...
7Proto-West Germanicwaʀjanto clothe
8Proto-Germanicwarjanąto ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
10Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via German tor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantorgate, archway passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry
2Old High Germantor
3Proto-Germanicdurąbig door, gate
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr-Every word from Proto-Germanic warjaną