Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karkārī

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *carcārius, syncopated from Latin carcerārius, from carcer. Parallel borrowing with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (karkara).

Noun

*karkārī m

1. dungeon, prison

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*karkārī
Genitive	*karkārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*karkārī	*karkārijō, *karkārijōs
Accusative	*karkārī	*karkārijā
Genitive	*karkārijas	*karkārijō
Dative	*karkārijē	*karkārijum
Instrumental	*karkāriju	*karkārijum

Derived terms

• *karkaʀn
  • Old English: carċern, ċarċærn, ċearċern
    • Middle English: carceren
  • Old Frisian: kerkener
  • Old Saxon: kerkener
    • Middle Low German: kerkenäre, karkenäre, kerkenêre, kerkenere, kerkenêr, kerkner

Descendants

• Old Saxon: karkari
  • Middle Low German: kerker
• Old Dutch: *karkari
  • Middle Dutch: carker, caerker, kerker
    • Dutch: kerker
• Old High German: karkāri, karkari
  • Middle High German: karkäre, karkāre, kerkäre, karker, kerker, karkel
    • German: Kerker