Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/karpō

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

Presumably borrowed from Late Latin carpa (“carp”). Also note Old Norse karfi (“red-fish, red sea-perch”).

Noun

*karpō m

1. carp

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*karpō
Genitive	*karpini, *karpan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*karpō	*karpan
Accusative	*karpan	*karpan
Genitive	*karpini, *karpan	*karpanō
Dative	*karpini, *karpan	*karpum
Instrumental	*karpini, *karpan	*karpum

Alternative reconstructions

• *karpā

Descendants

• >? Old English: *carpa
  • Middle English: carpe, karp (or from Old French carpe)
    • English: carp
    • Scots: cairp
• Old Saxon: *karpo
  • Middle Low German: karpe, kerpe m or f
    • → Danish: karpe
    • → Faroese: karpe
    • → Norwegian: karpe
    • → Swedish: karp
      • → Finnish: karppi
• Old Dutch: *karpo
  • Middle Dutch: carpe, carper, carpere (and Old French carpe)
    • Dutch: karper
      • Afrikaans: karp
      • → West Frisian: karper
      • → Indonesian: karper
• Old High German: karpfo, karpf m, karpfa f
  • Middle Dutch: karpfe, karpe m
    • German: Karpfen
• →? Proto-Slavic: *korpъ (see there for further descendants)