Where does “gar” come from?
gar (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish غار, from French gare, 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.
gar (Turkish): station
Definitions
- station
Ancestry of “gar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | غار | — |
| 2 | French | gare | railway station; inflection of garer: ##... |
| 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 |