Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱer-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European edit

Root edit

*ḱer- (ḱerh₁-, ḱreh₁-)^[1]

to grow, to make grow, to nourish

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- (grow)‎ (5 c, 0 e)

>? *ḱer-h₂-^[2]
*ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti
- Italic:
  - Latin: creō (see there for further descendants)
*ḱreh₁-sḱé-ti
- Italic:
  - Latin: crēscō (see there for further descendants)
*ḱreh₁-sro-
- Italic:
  - Latin: crēber (see there for further descendants)
*ḱór-o-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *kóros
  - Ancient Greek: κόρος (kóros)
*ḱor-wo-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *kórwos
  - Ancient Greek: κόρος (kóros)
    Doric Greek: κῶρος (kôros)
    Ionic Greek: κοῦρος (koûros)
  - Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀺 (ko-wo /⁠kórwos⁠/)
*ḱer-ēs (< **ḱer-es-s)
- Proto-Italic: *Kerēs (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: սեր (ser), սերեմ (serem), սերիմ (serim), սեռ (seṙ), սերմն (sermn), (possibly) սերտ (sert) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *hirsijô
  - Old High German: hirso (“millet”) (see there for further descendants)

Root edit

*ḱer-^[3]

to plait, weave
rope, string

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- (plait)‎ (2 c, 0 e)

*ḱr̥H-
- Albanian: thur
*ḱr̥-ti-
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: սարդ (sard) (see there for further descendants)
*ḱorH-ko-
- Proto-Albanian: *tsarka
  - Albanian: thark
*ḱr̥s-tí-s
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *sьrstь (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: սարիք (sarikʻ), սարք (sarkʻ)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: καῖρος (kaîros)
- Indo-Iranian:
  - Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: शृङ्खल (śṛṅkhala) (see there for further descendants)

Root edit

*ḱer-^[4]

alternative reconstruction of *ḱerh₂-

References edit

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “²ḱer-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 577
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “^(SI)karāu̯ar / karaun”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 517-518
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “³ḱer-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 577f
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “¹ḱer-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 574ff

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “²ḱer-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 577

[Kloekhorst-2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “^(SI)karāu̯ar / karaun”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 517-518

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “³ḱer-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 577f

[4] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “¹ḱer-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 574ff

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