Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karkārī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *carcārius, syncopated from Latin carcerārius, from carcer. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara).

Noun edit

*karkārī m

dungeon, prison

Inflection edit

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*karkārī
Genitive	*karkārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*karkārī	karkārijō, karkārijōs
Accusative	*karkārī	*karkārijā
Genitive	*karkārijas	*karkārijō
Dative	*karkārijē	*karkārijum
Instrumental	*karkāriju	*karkārijum

Derived terms edit

*karkaʀn
- Old English: carċern, ċarċærn, ċearċern
  - Middle English: carceren
- Old Frisian: kerkener
- Old Saxon: kerkener
  - Middle Low German: kerkenäre, karkenäre, kerkenêre, kerkenere, kerkenêr, kerkner

Descendants edit

Old Saxon: karkari
- Middle Low German: kerker
Old Dutch: *karkari
- Middle Dutch: carker, caerker, kerker
  - Dutch: kerker
Old High German: karkāri, karkari
- Middle High German: karkäre, karkāre, kerkäre, karker, kerker, karkel
  - German: Kerker