Etymograph

English

gangava

Gangava comes from Turkish gangava ‘a dragnet or dredge used for sponge fishing’, and goes back to Ancient Greek γάγγαμον ‘small net for oystercatching’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγάγγαμονgángamon‘small net for oystercatching’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγαγγάμη
  3. Greek1453–presentγαγγάβα
  4. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928غانگاوهgangava
  5. Turkish1928–presentgangava‘a dragnet or dredge used for sponge fishing’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγάγγαμονgángamon‘small net for oystercatching’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγαγγάμη
  3. Greek1453–presentγαγγάβα
  4. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928غانگاوهgangava
  5. Turkish1928–presentgangava‘a dragnet or dredge used for sponge fishing’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Ancient Greek γάγγαμον

Today it means

noun A small boat used for sponge fishing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek γάγγαμον / gangava

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