Where does “kēr” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kēr”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old High German	kēran	to turn
2	Proto-Germanic	karjaną	to scratch, scrape; to sweep
3	Proto-Indo-European	ger-	to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “kēr”

cheerful
cheer
cheerfully
cheering
cheerfulness
cheerless
jeering
cheerleader
jeer
cheerleading
jeeringly
chearful
cheerly
cheeringly
chearfully
cheerlessness
cheerlessly
uncheerful
cheerio
cheerer
cheereth
cheerlead
uncheering
uncheerfully

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ger- →