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Where does “kerp-” come from?

kerp- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

kerp- (Proto-Indo-European): to pluck, harvest

Definitions

  1. to pluck, harvest

Ancestry of “kerp-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth

Words derived from “kerp-”

  • harvest
  • carpet
  • excerpt
  • carpal
  • harvester
  • postharvest
  • carpus
  • pericarp
  • carpetbag
  • radiocarpal
  • carpetbagger
  • mesocarp
  • harvestable
  • endocarp
  • preharvest
  • carpetless
  • intercarpal
  • dipterocarp
  • ulnocarpal
  • parthenocarpic
  • syncarpous
  • overharvest
  • carpopedal
  • sporocarp
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