Glove
Old English glōf, of Germanic origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan(“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô(“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga-(“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô(“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep-(“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive(“glove”), Icelandic glófi(“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe(“palm of the hand”). More at loof.
etymonline
glove (n.)
Old English glof "glove, covering for the hand having separate sheaths for the fingers," also "palm of the hand," from Proto-Germanic *galofo "covering for the hand" (source also of Old Norse glofi), probably from *ga- collective prefix + *lofi "hand" (source also of Old Norse lofi, Middle English love, Gothic lofa "flat of the hand"), from PIE *lep- (2) "be flat; palm, sole, shoulder blade" (source also of Russian lopata "shovel;" Lithuanian lopa "claw," lopeta "shovel, spade").
German Handschuh, the usual word for "glove," literally "hand-shoe" (Old High German hantscuoh; also Danish and Swedish hantsche) is represented by Old English Handscio (the name of one of Beowulf's companions, eaten by Grendel), but this is attested only as a proper name. Meaning "boxing glove" is from 1847. Figurative use of fit like a glove is by 1771.
glove (v.)
"to cover or fit with a glove," c. 1400, from glove (n.). Related: Gloved; gloving. Old English had adjective glofed. Glover as a surname is from mid-13c.
