kerven
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to carve, to cut out
- to cut through, to cut into pieces
- to destroy, to break
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *kervan inherited from *kerban inherited from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną (carve).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kerbaną
Gloss
carve
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afkerven Dutch, Flemish
- doorkerven Dutch, Flemish
- inkerving Dutch, Flemish
- kerfdier Dutch, Flemish
- kerfstok Dutch, Flemish
- kerven Dutch, Flemish
- verkerven Dutch, Flemish
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kerbaną Proto-Germanic
- *kurbanaz Proto-Germanic
- ceorfan Old English
- cyrf Old English
- ċeorfan Old English
- kërben Middle High German
- *kerban gmw-pro
- *kervan Old Dutch
- kervan Old Saxon
- kerfi Sranan Tongo