Where does “gerbe” come from?

gerbe (Middle French) comes from Old French jarbe, from Frankish garba, from Proto-Germanic garbō, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- — to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

gerbe (Middle French): sheaf

Definitions

  1. sheaf

Ancestry of “gerbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjarbe—
2Frankishgarbasheaf
3Proto-Germanicgarbōsheaf
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...

Words derived from “gerbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic garbō →Every word from Frankish garba →