Where does “karny” come from?
karny (Polish) comes from Polish kara, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.
karny (Polish): punitive, intended as punishment; obedient,...
Definitions
- punitive, intended as punishment; obedient,...
Ancestry of “karny”, step by step
karny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish kara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | kara | punishment; penalty, fine; inflection of karo: ##... |
| 2 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 3 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 4 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 5 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 6 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 7 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |