Where does “Garagenverkauf” come from?
Garagenverkauf (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.
Garagenverkauf (German): garage sale
Definitions
- garage sale
Ancestry of “Garagenverkauf”, step by step
Garagenverkauf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Garage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Garage | garage; car park, parking garage |
| 2 | French | garage | garage |
| 3 | French | garer | to cover, to shelter; to park; to dock |
| 4 | Middle French | garer | — |
| 5 | Old French | garir | Alternative form of guarir |
| 6 | Frankish | warjan | to fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | waʀjan | to clothe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via German verkauf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | verkauf | sale |