kär
Swedish
/ɕæːr/
adj
Definitions
- (with ”i”) in love /with/, enamored /of/with/
- dear
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish kær inherited from Old Norse kærr derived from Norman ker, quer, kier derived from Old French chier derived from Latin cārus (dear, beloved, expensive) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kār- (dear).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kār-
Gloss
dear
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
- kær Icelandic
- 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