Where does “cerf” come from?

cerf (Middle French) comes from Old French cerf, from Latin cervus, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

cerf (Middle French): a stag, a hart

Definitions

  1. a stag, a hart

Ancestry of “cerf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcerfdeer
2Latincervusdeer, stag; forked stakes; cheval de frise
3Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
4Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “cerf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from Latin cervus →
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