Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karkārī

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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.
This Proto-West Germanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*karkārī m

  1. dungeon, prison

Inflection

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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

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Descendants

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