Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Germanic *karō.

Noun

*karu f[1]

care, worry

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*karu
Genitive	*karā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*karu	*karō
Accusative	*karā	*karā
Genitive	*karā	*karō
Dative	*karē	*karōm
Instrumental	*karu	*karōm

Derived terms

*karag

Descendants

Old English: caru, ċearu
- Middle English: care
  - Scots: care, cair
  - English: care
Old Frisian: kara
Old Saxon: kara
Old Dutch: *cara
- Middle Dutch: cāre
Old High German: chara, kara
- Middle High German: kar

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218: “*karu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 218: “*karu”