gant
Norman
noun
Definitions
- (Jersey) glove
Etymology
Inherited from Old French guant derived from Frankish *want, *wantu (glove, mitten) derived from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (glove, mitten).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wantuz
Gloss
glove, mitten
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wantus Latin
- agguantare Italian
- guanti Italian
- guanto Italian
- gant French
- *wondʰnú- Proto-Indo-European
- *wantuz Proto-Germanic
- vǫttr Old Norse
- gantelet Old French
- guant Old French
- guant Catalan, Valencian
- *vant'us Proto-Finnic
- *want, *wantu Frankish
- guant Old Occitan
- جوانتي Egyptian Arabic