Where does “garsún” come from?

garsún (Irish) comes from Old French garçun, from Frankish wrakjon, from Proto-Germanic wrakjô, from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- — to work, act.

garsún (Irish): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “garsún”, step by step

garsún traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French garçun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchgarçunAlternative form of garçon; servant
2Frankishwrakjonservant, boy
3Proto-Germanicwrakjôan exile, one who is persecuted or displaced,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwreǵ-to work, act

via Anglo-Norman garçun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-NormangarçunAlternative form of garçon; servant

Words derived from “garsún”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wrakjô →Every word from Frankish wrakjon →