Old English · noun
cyrf
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /kyrf/[kyrˠf]
- Syllables
- kyrf (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- carfkerfcutting
Meaning
-
an instrument used for cutting
-
a cutting (off)
-
what is cut off
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz, from *kerbaną (“to carve”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”) (compare Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”)). Cognate with Old Frisian kerf (“incision, cutting, notch”).
Descendants
carf, kerf
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