Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaʀjō
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kazjô. Equivalent to *kaʀ (“vessel”) + *-jō. Cognate with Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰 (kasja, “potter”).[1]
Noun
*kaʀjō m
Inflection
| Masculine an-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *kaʀjō | |
| Genitive | *kaʀjini, *kaʀjan | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *kaʀjō | *kaʀjan |
| Accusative | *kaʀjan | *kaʀjan |
| Genitive | *kaʀjini, *kaʀjan | *kaʀjanō |
| Dative | *kaʀjini, *kaʀjan | *kaʀjum |
| Instrumental | *kaʀjini, *kaʀjan | *kaʀjum |
Derived terms
- *bijakaʀjō
- *imbīkaʀjō
Related terms
- *kastō
- *kastanārī
Descendants
- Old English: *cere
Further reading
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Imker”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 327: “Das Wort ist ein Nomen agentis auf -ker (wohl nicht zu einem *imbi-kaz-ja- 'Bienenkorb’, das nicht bezeugt ist).”
References
- ^ Lloyd, Albert L., Lühr, Rosemarie (2014) “kar”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Althochdeutschen[1] (in German), volume V: iba-luzzilo, Göttingen/Zürich: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, pages 399-400: “ae. -cere (in beocere ‚Imker‘), got. kasja m. ‚löpfer‘ < urgerm. *kasi̯an-”