Where does “Kuerf” come from?

Kuerf (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German korp, from Old High German korb, from Proto-Germanic *korb, from Latin corbis, from Proto-West Germanic korb, from Proto-Germanic kurbaz, from Proto-Germanic krebô, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Kuerf (Luxembourgish): basket

Definitions

  1. basket

Ancestry of “Kuerf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankorp—
2Old High Germankorb—
3Proto-Germanic*korb—
4Latincorbisbasket; basketful
5Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
6Proto-Germanickurbaz—
7Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
8Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
9Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “Kuerf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic krebô →
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