Where does “Gaarf” come from?
Gaarf (Luxembourgish) comes 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...
Gaarf (Luxembourgish): sheaf, bundle
Ancestry of “Gaarf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | garba | sheaf |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | garbā | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gr̥bʰ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |