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Where does “kar-” come from?

kar- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kar- — hard.

Ancestry of “kar-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankar-hard

Words derived from “kar-”

  • Pokorny
  • корити
  • koriti
  • Pokorný
  • pokorný
  • koriti
  • pokorьnъ
  • корити
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kar- →