gerw
Dutch
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) gerwe
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]gerw f (plural gerwen)
- (obsolete) Synonym of duizendblad (“common yarrow, Achillea millefolium”)
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Garbe”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “gerwe”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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