Where does “karfa” come from?

karfa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse karfa, from Latin corbis, from Proto-West Germanic korb, from Proto-Germanic kurbaz, from Proto-Germanic krebô, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

karfa (Icelandic): basket

Definitions

  1. basket

Ancestry of “karfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekarfa
2Latincorbisbasket; basketful
3Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
4Proto-Germanickurbaz
5Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “karfa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger-