Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/karjaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Mayrhofer appears to derive the root from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵewH- (“to force, drive”); see Sanskrit जू (jū, “to press forward”) for more.^[1]

Other theories connect the verb to Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to scrape”) or Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to turn, bend”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what are some potential cognates in these latter cases?”)

• *kaizwijaną
• *karzijaną
• *kaurijaną

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑr.jɑ.nɑ̃/

*karjaną

1. to scratch, scrape
2. to sweep

• *karō (“scrapings, shavings, litter, debris”)
• *karstaz

• Old Saxon: kerian, keren
  • Middle Low German: kēren
    • Low German: keren, ankeren
• Old Dutch: *keren, *kerren
  • Middle Dutch: kēren
    • Dutch: keren
    • Limburgish: kaere
• Old High German: kerien, kerren, cherjen, cherren
  • Middle High German: keren, kern
    • Cimbrian: khéeran
    • German: kehren