Where does “garbe” come from?

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

garbe (Old French): sheaf, ear of grain, wreath

Definitions

  1. sheaf, ear of grain, wreath

Ancestry of “garbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishgarbasheaf
2Proto-Germanicgarbōsheaf
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrebʰ-to grab; gather up; rake; to seize, grab; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic garbō →Every word from Frankish garba →