Spanish words from Frankish
8 Spanish words with Frankish in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
botar
It is borrowed from Old French boter (“to strike, push, put”), modern French bouter, which is from Frankish *bōtan (“to push, strike”). The DCECH takes it into Spanish through Old Gascon botar. The…
dardo
It is inherited from Old Spanish dardo, borrowed from Old French dart, which is from Frankish *darōþu. The Frankish word is reconstructed from Old English daroþ, Old High German tart and Old Norse…
garante
It is borrowed from French garant (“guarantor”), a word as old as French itself, found already in the Chanson de Roland. Its source is Germanic, probably from Frankish *werênd, the present…
gris
It is a word of Germanic origin, probably borrowed from Old Occitan gris (“grey”), which is from Frankish *gris (“grey”). The DLE says only that it perhaps comes from Occitan, and Bénaben and Gómez…
guante
It is a Germanic word, probably borrowed from Catalan guant, which is from Frankish *want. Corominas rejects a direct borrowing from Gothic: there the word would probably have been *wantus, and the…
guerra
It is inherited from Old Spanish guerra, borrowed from Medieval Latin werra, which is from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”). The BDELC and García de Diego name a Germanic, Frankish or West…
maleta
It is borrowed from Old French malete (“small bag, valise”), according to Corominas, a diminutive of male, modern French malle “trunk”, which is from Frankish *malha (“travelling bag”). The French…
orgullo
It is borrowed from Catalan orgull, which is from Frankish *urgōlī (“excellence”), an abstract noun from the adjective *urgōl (“distinguished, excellent”), recorded in Old High German urguol…