The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Germanic*ga-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
- Proto-Germanic*arwaz
- Proto-Germanic*garwaz
- Proto-Germanic*garwijaną
- Old Norsegervi
- Middle Englishgere
- English todaygear
From Middle English gere, a borrowing from Old Norse gervi, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”). See also adjective yare, yar from the same root via Old English.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*garwijaną all →
gargarb
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.