Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karkāri

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *carcārius, syncopated from Latin carcerārius, from carcer. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara).

Noun

*karkāri m

dungeon, prison

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*karkāri
Genitive	*karkārjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*karkāri	karkārjō, karkārjōs
Accusative	*karkāri	*karkārjā
Genitive	*karkārjas	*karkārjō
Dative	*karkārjē	*karkārjum
Instrumental	*karkārju	*karkārjum

Derived terms

*karkaʀn
- Old English: carċern, ċarċærn, ċearċern
  - Middle English: carceren
- Old Frisian: kerkener
- Old Saxon: kerkener
  - Middle Low German: kerkenäre, karkenäre, kerkenêre, kerkenere, kerkenêr, kerkner

Descendants

Old Saxon: karkari
- Middle Low German: kerker
Old Dutch: *karkari
- Middle Dutch: carker, caerker, kerker
  - Dutch: kerker
Old High German: karkāri, karkari
- Middle High German: karkäre, karkāre, kerkäre, karker, kerker, karkel
  - German: Kerker