καρώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κάρον (káron)

Etymology

Frisk derives it from κάρη (kárē, “head”); however, the form in -ώ seems Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

κᾰρώ • (karṓ) f (genitive κᾰροῦς); third declension

  1. caraway (Carum carvi)

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ κᾰρώ; τῆς κᾰροῦς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ κᾰρώ
hē karṓ
Genitive τῆς κᾰροῦς
tês karoûs
Dative τῇ κᾰροῖ
têi karoî
Accusative τὴν κᾰρώ
tḕn karṓ
Vocative κᾰροῖ
karoî
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • καρωτόν (karōtón)

Descendants
*καρυΐα
  • → Aramaic:
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כרבייא
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַרְוָיָא (karwāyā)
    Classical Syriac: ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ (karwāyā), ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (kārwāyā), ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (karawāyā), ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (kārawāyā)
    • → Arabic: كَرَاوِيَّا (karāwiyyā), كَرَاوِيَة (karāwiya), كَرَوْيَة (karawya), كَرَوْيَاء (karawyāʔ)
      • → Catalan: alcaravia
      • → Medieval Latin: carui, carvi
      • → Navarro-Aragonese: alcarahueya
      • → Persian: کراویا (karâviyâ)
      • → Old Galician-Portuguese: alcarouvia, alcarovia, alcoravia, alcorouvia
        • Galician: carvea, caravea, cardea, cardén, carveis, carvés, carvesa, alcaravía
        • Portuguese: alcaravia, older also alcarovia
      • → Sicilian: charavia
      • → Spanish: alcaravea, older also alcarovea, alcaravía, alcarovía
      ; meaning water parsnip or parsnip:
      • → Aragonese: cholovía
      • → Catalan: xirivia, dialectally xerevia, xaravia, xerovia, xuruvia
      • → Old French: eschiervies
        • Middle French: eschervis, escherois, escheroys, escherviz, escheruys, eschervis, ciervis, cervis, chervis and many others
          • French: chervis (“skirret”); also girouille (“a kind of carrot”) and girole (“water parsnip”)
      • → Spanish: chirivía, older also cherivía, and now chirivita means “common daisy”
      • → Old Galician-Portuguese: quirivia, alquirivia, quirúvia, chirúvia, alquerivia, cherivia, alcherevia, cherevia, chirivia, alchísera (clearly blended with Latin siser)
        • Galician: charouvía, and chirivía, chereuvía
        • European Portuguese: cherovia
        • Brazilian Portuguese: cherívia

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κᾰρώ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 652-3

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