cerf
French
noun
Definitions
- a stag, a hart
Etymology
Inherited from Old French cerf inherited from Latin cervus (deer, stag, horn) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱr̥h₂wós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cervarius Latin
- cervia Latin
- cervicapra Latin
- cervinus Latin
- cervus Latin
- cervo Italian
- ciervo Spanish, Castilian
- cérvido Spanish, Castilian
- *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱerh₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱr̥h₂wós Proto-Indo-European
- cervo Portuguese
- cerf Old French
- cérvol Catalan, Valencian
- cerb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Cervidae Translingual
- cervo Ido
- chèr Norman
- cervo Old Portuguese
- tserbu Aromanian
- ciervu Asturian
- cierf Friulian
- cervu Sicilian
- serf Mauritian Creole
- serfa Malagasy
- cerf Ladin
- serf Seychellois Creole