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Girth

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means the measurement around the middle of something, or a band encircling it
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Stage 1 of 2
gjörth
Old Norse · medieval
"a belt, an encircling band"
a belt, a band that encircles something
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Stage 2 of 2
girth
English · 1300s
"the measurement around something"
settled as the English word for the measurement around something
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