Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚲᚨᚱᛒᚨ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

Unknown etymology. Potentially Germanic and related to carve, in relation to the ship's construction. Another uncertain possibility is a relation from Proto-Slavic *korabľь (which also could derive in reverse from Norse), then potentially from *čerti (“to cut, to separate, to peel”), to a root with the meaning of separation (of planks), akin to the root of Old Norse skeið (“sheeth → ship type”).

Another speculative posibility relates it to Latin carabus, from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “small boat”); compare caravel. When compared to cognate Finnish karvas, assumed to stem from a Proto-Finnic *karbas, an earlier Proto-Norse-Germanic form could have been something akin to *karᵃβas.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

*ᚲᚨᚱᛒᚨ (*karbā/*karβā) m

  1. based on descendants: a medium-sized workboat

Descendants

  • Old Norse: karfi
    • Danish: karve
    • Icelandic: karfi
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: karv
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: karv
    • Old Swedish: karve
    • → English: karve, karvi
  • → Proto-Finnic: *karbas (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Slavic: *korabľь (see there for further descendants)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.