glove

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lāp-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*lōfô“flat of the hand, palm”
3. Proto-Germanic · derived from*ga-“collective and associative prefix”
4. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*galōfô“glove”
5. Old English · inherited fromglōf
6. Middle English · inherited fromglove
7. English todayglove

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

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