gaunt
English
/ɡɔːnt/, /ɡɑːnt/
adj
Definitions
- lean, angular and bony
- haggard, drawn and emaciated
- bleak, barren and desolate
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gawnt derived from Old Norse gandr (magic staff, stick, magic, monster, staff, magic wand) derived from Proto-Germanic *gandaz (stick, staff) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰen-
Gloss
kill, strike, slay, beat, hit, drive
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殺
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arm English
- armgaunt English
- gauntly English
- gauntness English
- manifestly English
- offend English
- *dīfendō Latin
- defendo Latin
- defensio Latin
- defenso Latin
- defensor Latin
- dēfendō Latin
- festinus Latin
- infesto Latin
- infestus Latin
- manifestare Latin
- manifestatio Latin
- manifestatus Latin
- manifesto Latin
- manifestus Latin
- manifestō Latin
- offendo Latin
- offensa Latin
- īnfestō Latin
- θείνω Ancient Greek
- κατέπεφνον Ancient Greek
- φονεύς Ancient Greek
- φόνος Ancient Greek
- ἀνδροφόνος Ancient Greek
- ἔπεφνον Ancient Greek
- *bʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰen-, *gʷʰon- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-(n)i- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰn̥h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰon-on- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰénti Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰéntis Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷʰónos Proto-Indo-European
- *banjō Proto-Germanic
- *banô Proto-Germanic
- *banō Proto-Germanic
- *brōþurbanô Proto-Germanic
- *gandaz Proto-Germanic
- *gunþiz Proto-Germanic
- gonić Polish
- guþbeorn Old English
- guþbord Old English
- guþbyrne Old English
- guþcræft Old English
- guþfremmend Old English
- guþfruma Old English
- guþfugel Old English
- guþgewæde Old English
- guþmod Old English
- guþrof Old English
- guþsele Old English
- gūþ Old English
- घन Sanskrit
- सघन Sanskrit
- gawnt Middle English
- Gandálfr Old Norse
- Gunnhildr Old Norse
- Jǫrmungandr Old Norse
- bana Old Norse
- banamaðr Old Norse
- gandr Old Norse
- gunnr Old Norse
- *gaňati Proto-Slavic
- *gъnati Proto-Slavic
- *žęti Proto-Slavic
- deffendre Old French
- gandur Icelandic
- գան Armenian
- φονεύω Greek (modern)
- dzīt Latvian
- gandur Faroese
- *gonô Proto-Celtic
- *gʷaneti Proto-Celtic
- *agʰnyáH Proto-Indo-Iranian
- beniwunda Old Saxon
- ginti Lithuanian
- 𑀳𑀬 Maharastri Prakrit
- *gínˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- defendar Dalmatian
- *ǰaθráH Proto-Iranian
- dēfensa la-lat