Where does “guant” come from?

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

guant (Old French): glove

Definitions

  1. glove

Ancestry of “guant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
2Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “guant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wondʰnú- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wantuz →