gär
Luxemburgeois
/ɡɛːə̯/
adverb
Definitions
- gladly, with pleasure
- easily
- deliberately
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German gerno inherited from *gernō inherited from Proto-Germanic *gernô (willingly, gladly, eagerly).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gernô
Gloss
willingly, gladly, eagerly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gern German
- gernhaben German
- ungern German
- dolgaarne Dutch, Flemish
- gaarne Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *gernô Proto-Germanic
- gärna Swedish
- gjarna Old Norse
- gerne Middle Dutch
- gern Old High German
- gerno Old High German
- gratag Old High German
- gerne Middle High German
- *gernō gmw-pro
- *gerno Old Dutch
- gerno Old Saxon