Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karu
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *karō.
Noun
edit*karu f[1]
Inflection
editō-stem | ||
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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
editDescendants
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”