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

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
  - Swedish: karve
- → English: karve, karvi
→ Proto-Finnic: *karbas (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Slavic: *korabľь (see there for further descendants)

References

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

[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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