Kerker
German (Berlin)
/ˈkɛʁkɐ/
noun
Definitions
- dungeon underground prison or vault
Etymology
Derived from Latin carcer (prison, jail).
Origin
Latin
carcer
Gloss
prison, jail
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- carcer Latin
- carcerālis Latin
- Karzer German
- Kerkerstrafe German
- Strafe German
- kerker Dutch, Flemish
- карцер Russian
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- carcern Old English
- càrcer Catalan, Valencian
- kerker Middle Dutch
- carcar Old Irish
- 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *karkros Proto-Italic
- carcel Old Spanish
- *karxar Proto-Brythonic