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

Suggested to be borrowed from Latin carabus (“kind of ship”),[1] itself from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos), parallel borrowing with English caravel.[2]

Noun

*ᚲᚨᚱᛒᚨ (*karba /*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)

References

  1. ^ Fischer, Frank (1909), Die Lehnwörter des Altwestnordischen‎[1] (in German), Berlin: Mayer & Müller, page 13
  2. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922), “kravell”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 352
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