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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ker-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*ker- [1]

  1. army

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*ker-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *ker-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *ker-</a>
  • *kor-os
    • Balto-Slavic:
  • *kor-yos
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: karš
      • Lithuanian: kãrias
      • Old Prussian: kargis
    • Celtic: *koryos
    • Germanic: *harjaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Germanic: *harjanaz
      • Old Norse: herjann
    • Hellenic:
    • Indo-Iranian:
      • Iranian:
        • Old Persian: 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r /kāra/, “people of war, army”)
          • Middle Persian: kʾlwʾn' (kārawān) (see there for further descendants)
          • Middle Persian: [script needed] (kārzār, “battle”)
            • Persianکارزار‎ (kārzār, “field of battle, battle”)

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