Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karu
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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
From Proto-Germanic *karō.
Noun edit
*karu f[1]
Inflection edit
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *karu | |
| Genitive | *karā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *karu | *karō |
| Accusative | *karā | *karā |
| Genitive | *karā | *karō |
| Dative | *karē | *karōm, *karum |
| Instrumental | *karu | *karōm, *karum |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Old English: caru, ċearu
- Old Frisian: kara
- Old Saxon: kara
- Old Dutch: *cara
- Middle Dutch: cāre
- Old High German: chara, kara
- Middle High German: kar
- ⇒ Middle High German: karvrītac (“Good Friday”)
- Cimbrian: Kalbraitag
- German: Karfreitag
- Luxembourgish: Karfreideg
- ⇒ Cimbrian: kartag
- ⇒ Middle High German: karvrītac (“Good Friday”)
- Middle High German: kar
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218: “*karu”