gauntlet

gauntlet · noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wantuz“glove; mitten”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromwantus“glove”
3. Frankish · derived from*want“glove; mitten”
4. Old French · derived fromgantelet“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”
5. Middle English · inherited fromgauntelett
6. English todaygauntlet

From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet worn by a knight in armor, a token of one's personality or person, and symbolizing a challenge”), diminutive of gant (“glove”), a borrowing from Frankish *want (“glove; mitten”) and reinforced by Medieval Latin wantus (“glove”) itself borrowed from the former, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove; mitten”). Cognate with Dutch want (“mitten; shroud”), German Low German Want (“shroud”), Danish vante (“mitten”), Swedish vante (“glove; mitten”), Faroese vøttur (“glove; mitten”).

gauntlet · noun²

1. Old Swedish · derived fromgata“lane”
2. Swedish · derived fromgatlopp“passageway”
3. English todaygauntlet

Modified, under the influence of etymology 1, from gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”) ]

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