kärr

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See also: kærr and Karr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, underbrush, bushes, scrub”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”). Cognate with Danish kær (“brushwood, undergrowth, scrub”), Norwegian kjerr, kjarr, kjørr (“thicket”), Icelandic kjarr (“scrub”).

Noun

kärr

  1. A marsh or bog; swamp.
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