Carpathians
English
proper noun
Definitions
- A large mountainous system in Central Europe, mainly in Transylvania (Romania) and the Polish (Silesian)-Slovak border region.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *kwerp (turn).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kwerp
Gloss
turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- scarpa Italian
- escarpe French
- καρπός Ancient Greek
- κᾰρπός Ancient Greek
- *(s)kerb(ʰ) Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kerb- Proto-Indo-European
- *kwerp Proto-Indo-European
- *skarpaz Proto-Germanic
- karpa Polish
- karpina Polish
- skała Polish
- scearp Old English
- sċearp Old English
- skarpr Old Norse
- *skala Proto-Slavic
- skála Czech
- karpa Serbo-Croatian
- خربز Persian
- άκαρπος Greek (modern)
- καρπός Greek (modern)
- (*)scarp Old High German
- scarf Old High German
- scarf(i), scarf Old High German
- скала Bulgarian
- karpë Albanian
- skarp Old Dutch
- skarp Old Saxon
- carpo Aromanian
- skala Slovak
- skala Slovene
- *karpā Proto-Albanian