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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/karō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.rɔː/

Etymology 1

From Pre-Germanic *ǵh̥₂reh₂ or *ǵeh₂reh₂, *ǵoh₂reh₂ with pretonic shortening, according to Kroonen[1]; from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“voice, exclamation”). Cognate with Latin garriō (“to prate, chatter”), Ancient Greek γῆρυς (gêrus, “voice, call, sound”).

Noun

*karō f

  1. complaint, lament, grievance, moan
  2. worry, sorrow
  3. care, concern
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *karō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *karō *karôz
vocative *karō *karôz
accusative *karǭ *karōz
genitive *karōz *karǫ̂
dative *karōi *karōmaz
instrumental *karō *karōmiz
Derived terms
Descendants

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to scrape”).

Noun

*karō f

  1. shavings, scrapings, litter
Declension
ō-stemDeclension of *karō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *karō *karôz
vocative *karō *karôz
accusative *karǭ *karōz
genitive *karōz *karǫ̂
dative *karōi *karōmaz
instrumental *karō *karōmiz
Descendants
  • Old High German: *kara, *chara
    • ⇒ Old High German: ubarkara, ubarchara
  • ⇒ Old Norse: *kara
    • ⇒ Icelandic: kar n (“dirt, filth, waste litter”)
    • Norwegian: kara, karra (“to scrape, sweep”)
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