Where does “carful” come from?

carful (Old English) comes from Old English caru, from Proto-West Germanic karu, from Proto-Germanic karō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵeh₂r- — to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry.

carful (Old English): anxious; careful

Definitions

  1. anxious; careful

Ancestry of “carful”, step by step

carful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English caru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcaruworry, anxiety, care; sorrow, grief
2Proto-West Germanickarucare, worry
3Proto-Germanickarōcomplaint, lament, grievance, moan; worry,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵeh₂r-to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry

via Old English fūl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfūlfoul, unclean, impure, vile, corrupt, rotten,...
2Proto-West Germanicfūlfoul, dirty
3Proto-Germanicfūlazfoul, dirty; rotten
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpū-rotten, putrid; be rotten; putrid; to rot, swell,...

Words derived from “carful”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵeh₂r- →Every word from Proto-Germanic karō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic karu →