kjarr

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰarː/

Noun

kjarr n (genitive singular kjarrs, nominative plural kjörr)

1. brushwood, copsewood

Synonyms

• (brushwood): hrís

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Old Norse

Etymology

According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to twist, bend, turn”), see also Old Saxon kerian. This would make it related to keyra (“to whip”). Compare Old Armenian ծառ (caṙ, “tree”), also Ancient Greek γέρδιος (gérdios, “weaver”).

Noun

kjarr n

1. copsewood, brushwood, thicket

Descendants

• Danish: kær
• Icelandic: kjarr
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjerr
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kjerr
• Swedish: kärr

References

• “kjarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press