ceorfan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to cut
Etymology
Inherited from *kerban inherited from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną (carve) root from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (scratch, carve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gerbʰ-
Gloss
scratch, carve
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -gram English
- -graph English
- aerophotograph English
- carve English
- grammatical English
- graph English
- photograph English
- grammaticālis Latin
- grafiek Dutch, Flemish
- γράμμα Ancient Greek
- γράφω Ancient Greek
- γραμμή Ancient Greek
- γραμματική Ancient Greek
- γραμματικός Ancient Greek
- γραφή Ancient Greek
- γραφικός Ancient Greek
- γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός Ancient Greek
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gr̥bʰtós Proto-Indo-European
- *kerban- Proto-Germanic
- *kerbaną Proto-Germanic
- *krabitaz Proto-Germanic
- *kurbanaz Proto-Germanic
- *kurbiz Proto-Germanic
- cyrf Old English
- ċeorfan Old English
- forkerven Middle English
- kerven Middle English
- kerver Middle English
- γραμμικός Old Norse
- *žerbьjь Proto-Slavic
- gramairien Old French
- kërben Middle High German
- *kerban gmw-pro
- *kervan Old Dutch
- kervan Old Saxon
- *grəpʰō Proto-Hellenic