kær
Icelandic
/cʰaiːr/
adj
Definitions
- dear
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse kærr derived from Norman ker derived from Old French chier derived from Latin cārus (dear, beloved, expensive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kāros (dear, beloved).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kāros
Gloss
dear, beloved
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *cāru Latin
- caritas Latin
- carus Latin
- cārus Latin
- carezza Italian
- caro Italian
- caro Spanish, Castilian
- *keh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kār- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāro- Proto-Indo-European
- *kāros Proto-Indo-European
- kjær Norwegian Bokmål
- kjær Norwegian Nynorsk
- kærleikr Old Norse
- kærligr Old Norse
- kærr Old Norse
- cherir Old French
- chier Old French
- chierté Old French
- car Catalan, Valencian
- kærur Faroese
- chiaer Norman
- chièr Norman
- ker Norman
- ker, quer, kier Norman
- chier Middle French
- caro Old Portuguese
- car Occitan
- kær Old Swedish
- *kāros Proto-Italic
- char Romansh
- caru Asturian
- cur Dalmatian
- caro Istriot
- kårr Norn