Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English ġearwe, from Proto-West Germanic *garwā, perhaps derived from *garu (prepared, ready (of food)), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjarwə/, /ˈjarɔu̯(ə)/, /ˈjariu̯(ə)/

Noun

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yarwe (uncountable)

  1. yarrow

Descendants

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  • English: yarrow; >? yarr
  • >? Scots: yarr

References

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  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