gerw

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Dutch

gerw

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch garwe, from Old Dutch *garwa, from Proto-West Germanic *garwu, perhaps a variant of *garu (“prepared, ready (of food”)), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion.[1][2]

Cognate with English yarrow and German (Schaf)garbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɛrʋ/
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Noun

gerw f (plural gerwen)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of duizendblad (“common yarrow, Achillea millefolium”)

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Garbe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gerwe”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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