Where does “kjarr” come from?

kjarr (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse kjarr, from Proto-Germanic kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar, from Latin caesaries, from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- — hair.

kjarr (Icelandic): brushwood, copsewood

Definitions

  1. brushwood, copsewood

Ancestry of “kjarr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekjarrcopsewood, brushwood, thicket
2Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
3LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
4Latincaesariesor hair
5Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair

Words derived from “kjarr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- →Every word from Latin caesaries →Every word from Latin Caesar →
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