Where does “carian” come from?
carian (Old English) comes from Malay -an, from English -ant, from Middle English -ant, from Old English -ende, from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic -andz, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.
carian (Old English): to care about; to care, to feel concern,...
Definitions
- to care about; to care, to feel concern,...
Ancestry of “carian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Malay | -an | Suffix for collectivity; Suffix for similarity;... |
| 2 | English | -ant | The agent noun derived from verb; An adjective... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ant | — |
| 4 | Old English | -ende | equivalent of English -ing; suffix for present... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *-andī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -andz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
Words derived from “carian”