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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
GAR, GARFISH.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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GAR (1), GARFISH,
a kind of pike. (E.) A fish with a long slender body and
pointed head. Prob. named from A.S. gár, a spear, from its
shape; see Garlic. Cf. Icel.
geirsíl, a kind of herring, Icel. geirr,
a spear; and observe the names pike and ged.
GAR (2),
to cause. (Scand.) Common in Lowland Scotch; and see P.
Plowman, B. i. 121; v. 130; vi. 303.—Icel. göra; Dan. gjöre; Swed.
göra, to cause, make do. A causal verb, lit. 'to make ready.'—Icel.
görr, ready; cognate with E. yare. See Yare and
Gear. See Fick, iii. 102.
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ADDENDA GAR
(2). Vigfusson treats the Icel. görr,
adj. skilled, ready made, dressed, which he gives at p. 225, col. 2, §
F, as all one with görr, the pp. of göra.
In other Teut. languages they are distinct, as shewn by Fick, iii.
102. The connection with Yare
and Gear is, in any case, certain.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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