Where does “Busgare” come from?
Busgare (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish Gare, from French gare, 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.
Busgare (Luxembourgish): bus station
Ancestry of “Busgare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Gare | train station |
| 2 | French | gare | railway station; inflection of garer:
##... |
| 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 |