gaine

Etymology
, from, inherited from. of borrowed. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The change of the onset from Vulgar Latin to Old French  is due to  influence. One theory sees in it a confluence with (“cup”, compare 🇨🇬). Alternatively it might be simply that as a military term the word was used most frequently among the Frankish warrior class and therefore came to be generalised in the form corresponding to their accent.

Noun

 * 1) sheath, scabbard (for dagger etc.)
 * 2)  casing, sheathing
 * 3)  sheath
 * 1)  sheath