Where does “gant” come from?

gant (Norman) comes from Old French guant, from Frankish wantu, from Proto-Germanic wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú-, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

gant (Norman): glove

Definitions

  1. glove

Ancestry of “gant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchguantglove
2Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
3Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wantuz →