Where does “garaids” come from?
garaids (Scottish Gaelic) comes from English garage, from French garage, from French garer, from Middle French garer, from Old French garir, from Frankish warjan, from Proto-West Germanic waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic warjaną — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
garaids (Scottish Gaelic): garage
Definitions
- garage
Ancestry of “garaids”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | garage | A building used to store a car or cars, tools... |
| 2 | French | garage | garage |
| 3 | French | garer | to cover, to shelter; to park; to dock |
| 4 | Middle French | garer | — |
| 5 | Old French | garir | Alternative form of guarir |
| 6 | Frankish | warjan | to fend off; to stop, thwart; to fend for,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | waʀjan | to clothe |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | warjaną | to ward off, to defend against; to thwart, to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |