Where does “carpir” come from?

carpir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese carpir, from Latin carpō, from Proto-Italic karpō, from Proto-Indo-European kerp-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

carpir (Galician): to fluff up; to card; to tear off the hair

Definitions

  1. to fluff up; to card; to tear off the hair

Ancestry of “carpir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecarpir—
2Latincarpōto pluck, pick, harvest
3Proto-Italickarpō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeankerp-to pluck, harvest
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “carpir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kerp- →Every word from Proto-Italic karpō →
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