gerw

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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