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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kerp-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/krep-
 This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Ultimately derived from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). A general word for “to harvest” that had a tendency in some stocks to be specialized for the picking of fruit while in others for the reaping of grain.

Root

*kerp-[1]

  1. to pluck, harvest

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kerp-‎ (7 c, 0 e)
  • *kerp- (root verb)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerp-, *kirp-
      • Latvian: cìrpt (“to shave”)
      • Lithuanian: kir̃pti (“to cut, chop”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *čerpti (“to scoop, draw”), *čerpati, *čьrpati
    • Italic:
      • Latin: carpō (“to pluck”)
  • *kerp-os
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerpas
  • *kerp-h₁-o-
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *karpudā
    • Proto-Germanic: *harbistaz (“harvest, autumn”)
    • Hellenic:
    • Indo-Iranian:
      • Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: कृपाणी (kṛpāṇī, “dagger”), कृपाण (kṛpāṇa, “sword”)

Further reading

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kurp-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 196
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