Where does “kier” come from?

kier (Polish) comes from French Cœur, from Middle French cœur, from Old French cuer, from Vulgar Latin *corem, from Latin cor, from Proto-Italic kord, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

kier (Polish): heart; genitive plural of kra

Definitions

  1. heart; genitive plural of kra

Ancestry of “kier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchCœurheart
2Middle FrenchcœurAlternative form of coeur
3Old Frenchcuerheart
4Vulgar Latin*corem—
5Latincorheart; soul, mind
6Proto-Italickordheart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Italic kord →Every word from Latin cor →
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