Appendix:Proto-Slavic/korva
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[edit] Proto-Slavic
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱoru (“horn”), o-grade from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“horn”). Matasović argues that it was borrowed from Celtic in prehistorical times; compare Welsh carw (“deer”).
Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian karvė (“cow”), Old Prussian kerpetis (“skull”).
Other Indo-European cognates that derive from the same root include Ancient Greek κεραός (keraos) ("horned"), Latin cervus (“deer”), Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬏 (srū, “horn, claw, talon”), 𐬯𐬭𐬬𐬁 (srvā), Sanskrit शिरस् (śiras), Armenian սար (sar), Breton kern, German Hirn, Old Norse hjarni (“horn”), Persian سر (sar), شاخ (šāx), Tocharian krāñi, Ossetian сӕр (sær), сыха (sykha), Albanian krye, sorkadh, ka, English horn, Welsh corn, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (haurn), Hittite karawar,
[edit] Noun
korva f.
