Where does “cart” come from?

cart (Middle English) comes from Old Norse kartr, from Old English læcc — a boggy stream.

Ancestry of “cart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekartrwagon; wagon; cart
2Old Englishlæcca boggy stream

Words derived from “cart”

Every word from Old English læcc →Every word from Old Norse kartr →