καρώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κάρον (káron)

Etymology

Frisk derives it from κάρη (kárē, “head”); however, the form in -ώ seems Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.rɔ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/

Proper noun

κᾰρώ • (karṓ) f (genitive κᾰροῦς); third declension

caraway (Carum carvi)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰρώ; τῆς κᾰροῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ κᾰρώ hē karṓ
Genitive	τῆς κᾰροῦς tês karoûs
Dative	τῇ κᾰροῖ têi karoî
Accusative	τὴν κᾰρώ tḕn karṓ
Vocative	κᾰροῖ karoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

καρωτόν (karōtón)

Descendants

*καρυΐα

→ Aramaic:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כרבייא

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַרְוָיָא (karwāyā)

Classical Syriac: ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ (karwāyā), ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (kārwāyā), ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (karawāyā), ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (kārawāyā)
- → Arabic: كَرَاوِيَّا (karāwiyyā), كَرَاوِيَة (karāwiya), كَرَوْيَة (karawya), كَرَوْيَاء (karawyāʔ)
  - → Catalan: alcaravia
  - → Medieval Latin: carui, carvi
    - → Old French: carvi (ms. karvy), caroi
      - Middle French: carvi
        French: carui, carvi
      - → Middle English: carvi, caraway, carewey, carwey
        English: caraway
        Scots: carvy
    - → Italian: carvi
    - → Spanish: carvi
  - → Navarro-Aragonese: alcarahueya
  - → Persian: کراویا (karâviyâ)
  - → Old Galician-Portuguese: alcarouvia, alcarovia, alcoravia, alcorouvia
    - Galician: carvea, caravea, cardea, cardén, carveis, carvés, carvesa, alcaravía
    - Portuguese: alcaravia, older also alcarovia
  - → Sicilian: charavia
  - → Spanish: alcaravea, older also alcarovea, alcaravía, alcarovía
  ; meaning water parsnip or parsnip:
  - → Aragonese: cholovía
  - → Catalan: xirivia, dialectally xerevia, xaravia, xerovia, xuruvia
  - → Old French: eschiervies
    - Middle French: eschervis, escherois, escheroys, escherviz, escheruys, eschervis, ciervis, cervis, chervis and many others
      - French: chervis (“skirret”); also girouille (“a kind of carrot”) and girole (“water parsnip”)
  - → Spanish: chirivía, older also cherivía, and now chirivita means “common daisy”
  - → Old Galician-Portuguese: quirivia, alquirivia, quirúvia, chirúvia, alquerivia, cherivia, alcherevia, cherevia, chirivia, alchísera (clearly blended with Latin siser)
    - Galician: charouvía, and chirivía, chereuvía
    - European Portuguese: cherovia
    - Brazilian Portuguese: cherívia

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κᾰρώ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 652-3

καρώ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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