Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱer-

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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

Root

*ḱer- (ḱerh₁-, ḱreh₁-)[1]

1. to grow, to make grow, to nourish

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- (grow)

• >? *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
    • Latin: Cerēs (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

*ḱer-[3]

1. to plait, weave
2. rope, string

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- (plait)

• *ḱr̥H-
  • Albanian: thur
• *ḱr̥-ti-
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: սարդ (sard) (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱr̥s-tí-s
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *sьrstь (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: սարեմ (sarem), սարիք (sarikʿ)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: καῖρος (kaîros)
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: शृङ्खल (śṛṅkhala) (see there for further descendants)

Root

*ḱer-[4]

1. alternative reconstruction of *ḱerh₂-

References

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