Where does “garba” come from?

garba (Lower Sorbian) comes from German garbe, from Middle High German garbe, from Old High German garba, from Proto-Albanian garbā, from Proto-Indo-European gr̥bʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

garba (Lower Sorbian): caraway

Definitions

  1. caraway

Ancestry of “garba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangarbesheaf
2Middle High Germangarbe—
3Old High Germangarbasheaf
4Proto-Albaniangarbā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangr̥bʰ-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gr̥bʰ- →