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Where does “gart” come from?

gart (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic gard, from Proto-Germanic gardaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰórdʰos, from Proto-Indo-European gʰerdʰ- — to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt.

Ancestry of “gart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicgardenclosure
2Proto-Germanicgardazenclosure; court, yard; garden
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰórdʰoshedge, fence, enclosure; hedge, enclosure;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰerdʰ-to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt

Words derived from “gart”

  • Bogart
  • bogie
  • bogart
  • Bogartian
  • Bogart
  • gaard
  • boomgaard
  • bogaard
  • Bogaert
  • appelboomgaard
  • bógaí
  • gaert
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