Where does “carve” come from?

Carve comes from Middle English kerven, from Old English ċeorfan, from Proto-West Germanic kerban, from Proto-Germanic kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, itself from Proto-Indo-European ger-.

carve (English): To cut; To cut meat in order to serve it; To...

Definitions

  1. To cut; To cut meat in order to serve it; To...

Ancestry of “carve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishkervenTo cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or...
2Old Englishċeorfanto cut
3Proto-West Germanickerbanto carve, to cut
4Proto-Germanickerbanąto cut
5Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “carve”

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