carl
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a freeman, a man of middle rank or social class
- (by extension) a man
- (by extension) a male
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse karl (man, husband, male) derived from Proto-Germanic *karlaz (male, man, free man).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*karlaz
Gloss
male, man, free man
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- carl English
- kar Norwegian Bokmål
- *karilaz Proto-Germanic
- *karlaz Proto-Germanic
- dalkarl Swedish
- gåskarl Swedish
- karl Swedish
- körkarl Swedish
- roskarl Swedish
- trollkarl Swedish
- ungkarl Swedish
- kar Norwegian Nynorsk
- stakkar Norwegian Nynorsk
- beoceorl Old English
- carlfugol Old English
- ceorlboren Old English
- ceorlfolc Old English
- ceorlian Old English
- ceorlisc Old English
- ceorlleas Old English
- fugol Old English
- hæmedceorl Old English
- æcerceorl Old English
- ċeorl Old English
- carl Middle English
- churl Middle English
- arftǫkukarl Old Norse
- karl Old Norse
- karlmaðr Old Norse
- kerling Old Norse
- stafkarl Old Norse
- karl Danish
- karl Icelandic
- Karl Old High German
- karal Old High German
- kallur Faroese
- karilʀ Old Swedish
- kall Elfdalian
- ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ Proto-Norse