Where does “קאַרע” come from?
קאַרע (Yiddish) comes from Russian ка́ра, from Polish kara, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus — and.
קאַרע (Yiddish): chestnut, brown, bay
Definitions
- chestnut, brown, bay
Ancestry of “קאַרע”, step by step
קאַרע traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ка́ра
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ка́ра | penalty, punishment, retribution |
| 2 | Polish | kara | punishment; penalty, fine; inflection of karo: ##... |
| 3 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 4 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 5 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 6 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 7 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |
via Ukrainian ка́рий
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | ка́рий | brown, hazel (eyes) |