karpho

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a Germanic source allied with Dutch karper, Old Norse karfe, karfi, Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa). Outside of Germanic, compared with Sanskrit शफर (śaphara), Welsh carp, Lithuanian šapalas. However, the un-shifted Germanic k suggests that the word entered Indo-European languages through Germanic and is ultimately from a non-Indo-European substrate native to the Alpine region and Danube basin.[1][2]

Noun

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karpho m

  1. carp

Descendants

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  • German: Karpfen

References

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  1. ^ Studies: New ser. Language and literature. (1951). United States: (n.p.), p. 108
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “karper”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute