Where does “garnaal” come from?

garnaal (West Frisian) comes from Dutch garnaal, from Middle Dutch grane — gag.

garnaal (West Frisian): shrimp

Definitions

  1. shrimp

Ancestry of “garnaal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgarnaalshrimp, arthropod of the suborder Pleocyemata,...
2Middle Dutchgranegag
Every word from Middle Dutch grane →Every word from Dutch garnaal →