Where does “corf” come from?

corf (Old High German) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “corf”, step by step

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