Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garwā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown.^[1]

Noun

*garwā f^[1]

yarrow

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*garwā
Genitive	*garwōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*garwā	*garwōn
Accusative	*garwōn	*garwōn
Genitive	*garwōn	*garwōnō
Dative	*garwōn	garwōm, garwum
Instrumental	*garwōn	garwōm, garwum

Descendants

Old English: ġearwe, ġearuuae — early
- Middle English: yarwe, ȝarewe, ȝarow, ȝarowe, ȝarwe, ȝorow, yare, yarewe, yarou, yarow, yarowe
  - English: yarrow; >? yarr
  - >? Scots: yarr
Old Saxon: garwa
- Middle Low German: garve
  - German Low German: Garwe
Old Dutch: *garwa
- Middle Dutch: garwe
  - Dutch: gerw (obsolete)
  - Limburgish: hazegerf
Old High German: garwa, garawa
- Middle High German: garwe
  - German: Garbe (obsolete)
    - ⇒ German: Schafgarbe

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Schafgarbe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 622: “wg. *garwōn”

[EWddS-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Schafgarbe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 622: “wg. *garwōn”

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