garnir
French
verb
Definitions
- to furnish a building, a room
- (military) to arm
- to decorate, to pretty, to garnish
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *warnijan (ward, take care of, take care of something).
Origin
Frankish
*warnijan
Gloss
ward, take care of, take care of something
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- guarnire Italian
- guarnizione Italian
- riguarnire Italian
- sguarnire Italian
- garnissage French
- garnisseur French
- regarnir French
- гарнир Russian
- garnere Norwegian Bokmål
- *warnijaną Proto-Germanic
- *warnōną Proto-Germanic
- garnere Norwegian Nynorsk
- wiernan Old English
- varna Old Norse
- *wernard Old French
- guarnir Old French
- waernen Middle Dutch
- *warnon Old Dutch
- garnēren Middle Low German
- varna Old Swedish
- *warnijan Frankish
- *warnjan Frankish