Where does “agantar” come from?

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

agantar (Occitan): to grab; to seize

Definitions

  1. to grab; to seize

Ancestry of “agantar”, step by step

agantar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Occitan gant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitangantglove
2Old Occitanguant—
3Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
4Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Occitan a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanato; at; a
2Latinadtoward, to; up to; near, by, close by, at, to
3Proto-Italicadtoward, to, on, up to, for
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂édto, at
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wantuz →