Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱer-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*ḱer- (ḱerh₁-, ḱreh₁-)

2. to grow, to make grow, to nourish

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- (grow) (67 c, 0 e)

• >? *ḱer-h₂-
• *ḱreh₁-eh₂yé-ti
  • Italic:
    • Latin: creō (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱreh₁-sḱé-ti
  • Italic:
    • Latin: crēscō (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱreh₁-sro-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: crēber (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱór-o-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kóros
    • Ancient Greek: κόρος (kóros)
• *ḱor-wo-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kórwos
    • Ancient Greek: κόρος (kóros)

      Doric Greek: κῶρος (kôros)

      Ionic Greek: κοῦρος (koûros)

    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀺 (ko-wo /⁠kórwos⁠/)
• *ḱer-ēs (< **ḱer-es-s)
  • Proto-Italic: *Kerēs (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: սեր (ser), սերեմ (serem), սերիմ (serim), սեռ (seṙ), սերմն (sermn), (possibly) սերտ (sert) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *hirsijô
  • Old High German: hirso (“millet”) (see there for further descendants)

Root

*ḱer-

2. to plait, weave
3. rope, string

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱer- (plait) (2 c, 0 e)

• *ḱr̥H-
  • Albanian: thur
• *ḱr̥-ti-
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: սարդ (sard) (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱorH-ko-
  • Proto-Albanian: *tsarka
    • Albanian: thark
• *ḱr̥s-tí-s
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *sьrstь (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: սարիք (sarikʻ), սարք (sarkʻ)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: καῖρος (kaîros)
• Indo-Iranian:
  • Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: शृङ्खल (śṛṅkhala) (see there for further descendants)

Root

*ḱer-

1. alternative reconstruction of *ḱerh₂-