Where does “Karner” come from?
Karner (German) comes from Middle High German karner, from Latin carnarium, from Latin carō, from Proto-Italic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
Karner (German): bonehouse with a chapel
Definitions
- bonehouse with a chapel
Ancestry of “Karner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | karner | — |
| 2 | Latin | carnarium | smoke chamber where meat is smoked; meat rack,... |
| 3 | Latin | carō | flesh, meat of an animal |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | karō | piece, portion; meat |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |