Where does “kerfi” come from?
kerfi (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch kerven, from Middle Dutch kerven, from Old Dutch kervan, from Proto-West Germanic kerban, from Proto-Germanic kerbaną, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
kerfi (Sranan Tongo): to carve, to mark with a carving
Definitions
- to carve, to mark with a carving
Ancestry of “kerfi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kerven | to cut, gouge out |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kerven | to carve, to cut out; to cut through, to cut into... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | kervan | to cut |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kerban | to carve, to cut |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kerbaną | to cut |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |