Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaʀjō

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kazjô. Equivalent to *kaʀ (“vessel”) +‎ *-jō. Cognate with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 (kasja, “potter”).

Noun

*kaʀjō m

1. vessel-maker, potter
2. keeper

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaʀjō
Genitive	*kaʀjini, *kaʀjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaʀjō	*kaʀjan
Accusative	*kaʀjan	*kaʀjan
Genitive	*kaʀjini, *kaʀjan	*kaʀjanō
Dative	*kaʀjini, *kaʀjan	*kaʀjum
Instrumental	*kaʀjini, *kaʀjan	*kaʀjum

Derived terms

• *bijakaʀjō
• *imbīkaʀjō

Related terms

• *kastō
• *kastanārī

Descendants

• Old English: *cere

Further reading

• Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Imker”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 327: “Das Wort ist ein Nomen agentis auf -ker (wohl nicht zu einem *imbi-kaz-ja- 'Bienenkorb’, das nicht bezeugt ist).”