Talk:gardgienne

Etymology
Seems to be from and I guess  is from Ancient Greek. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:03, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
 * I seriously doubt it. It seems to just be formed like any other feminine form of a masculine noun; the masculine (cognate to French ) ends in a nasal vowel, so the feminine ends in a nasal consonant. There is no second element (unless you count whatever the suffix originally was), though you're right that there is a relationship with, from Proto-Germanic . embryomystic (talk) 02:50, 25 March 2016 (UTC)