Where does “Kär” come from?

Kär (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German korn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Kär (Luxembourgish): grain; corn, cereal; pip, stone

Definitions

  1. grain; corn, cereal; pip, stone

Ancestry of “Kär”, step by step

Kär traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German korn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankorn—
2Proto-West Germanickorncorn, grain, cereal
3Proto-Germanickurnącorn, grain, cereal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature

via Middle High German kerne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankerne—
2Old High Germankernocore; pith
3Proto-Germanickernôkernel, core

Words derived from “Kär”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm →