See kerp- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"templates": [],
"text": "*kerp- (root verb)"
},
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"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*kerp-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerp-",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerp-, *kirp-"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "cìrpt",
"t": "to shave"
},
"expansion": "Latvian: cìrpt (“to shave”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latvian: cìrpt (“to shave”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "kir̃pti",
"gloss": "to cut, chop"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian: kir̃pti (“to cut, chop”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lithuanian: kir̃pti (“to cut, chop”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*čerpti",
"gloss": "to scoop, draw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *čerpti (“to scoop, draw”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Slavic: *čerpti (“to scoop, draw”), *čerpati, *čьrpati (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "carpō",
"gloss": "to pluck"
},
"expansion": "Latin: carpō (“to pluck”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin: carpō (“to pluck”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kerp-os"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*kerpas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerpas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerpas"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*čerpъ",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Proto-Slavic: *čerpъ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Proto-Slavic: *čerpъ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grk-pro",
"2": "*kərpós",
"qq": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kr̥p-ós</i>"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kərpós (from *kr̥p-ós)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kərpós (from *kr̥p-ós)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "καρπός",
"id": "wrist",
"t": "wrist",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “wrist”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “wrist”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Unsorted formations:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sqj-pro",
"2": "*karpudā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *karpudā",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Albanian: *karpudā"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "kërpudhë",
"t": "mushroom"
},
"expansion": "Albanian: kërpudhë (“mushroom”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Albanian: kërpudhë (“mushroom”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*harbistaz",
"gloss": "harvest, autumn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *harbistaz (“harvest, autumn”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *harbistaz (“harvest, autumn”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Hellenic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "καρπός",
"gloss": "fruit < *what is plucked"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “fruit < *what is plucked”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “fruit < *what is plucked”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κρώπιον",
"gloss": "sickle"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek: κρώπιον (krṓpion, “sickle”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ancient Greek: κρώπιον (krṓpion, “sickle”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Indo-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Indo-Aryan:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कृपाणी",
"gloss": "dagger"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: कृपाणी (kṛpāṇī, “dagger”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: कृपाणी (kṛpāṇī, “dagger”), कृपाण (kṛpāṇa, “sword”)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately derived from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). A general word for “to harvest” that had a tendency in some branches to be specialized for the picking of fruit while in others for the reaping of grain.",
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kerp-",
"pos": "root",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shaped roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to pluck, harvest"
],
"id": "en-kerp--ine-pro-root-TIQ-xEeV",
"links": [
[
"pluck",
"pluck"
],
[
"harvest",
"harvest"
]
],
"tags": [
"morpheme",
"reconstruction"
]
}
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"word": "kerp-"
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{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kerp- (root verb)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*kerp-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerp-",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerp-, *kirp-"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "cìrpt",
"t": "to shave"
},
"expansion": "Latvian: cìrpt (“to shave”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Latvian: cìrpt (“to shave”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "kir̃pti",
"gloss": "to cut, chop"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian: kir̃pti (“to cut, chop”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Lithuanian: kir̃pti (“to cut, chop”)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*čerpti",
"gloss": "to scoop, draw"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *čerpti (“to scoop, draw”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Slavic: *čerpti (“to scoop, draw”), *čerpati, *čьrpati (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Italic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "carpō",
"gloss": "to pluck"
},
"expansion": "Latin: carpō (“to pluck”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Latin: carpō (“to pluck”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "*kerp-os"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-bsl-pro",
"2": "*kerpas"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerpas",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kerpas"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*čerpъ",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Proto-Slavic: *čerpъ",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Proto-Slavic: *čerpъ (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grk-pro",
"2": "*kərpós",
"qq": "from <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*kr̥p-ós</i>"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *kərpós (from *kr̥p-ós)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Hellenic: *kərpós (from *kr̥p-ós)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "καρπός",
"id": "wrist",
"t": "wrist",
"unc": "1"
},
"expansion": ">? Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “wrist”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": ">? Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “wrist”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Unsorted formations:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sqj-pro",
"2": "*karpudā"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *karpudā",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Albanian: *karpudā"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "kërpudhë",
"t": "mushroom"
},
"expansion": "Albanian: kërpudhë (“mushroom”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Albanian: kërpudhë (“mushroom”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*harbistaz",
"gloss": "harvest, autumn"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *harbistaz (“harvest, autumn”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Proto-Germanic: *harbistaz (“harvest, autumn”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Hellenic:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "καρπός",
"gloss": "fruit < *what is plucked"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “fruit < *what is plucked”)",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
"name": "see desc"
}
],
"text": "Ancient Greek: καρπός (karpós, “fruit < *what is plucked”) (see there for further descendants)"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κρώπιον",
"gloss": "sickle"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek: κρώπιον (krṓpion, “sickle”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Ancient Greek: κρώπιον (krṓpion, “sickle”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Indo-Iranian:"
},
{
"depth": 3,
"templates": [],
"text": "Indo-Aryan:"
},
{
"depth": 4,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "कृपाणी",
"gloss": "dagger"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit: कृपाणी (kṛpāṇī, “dagger”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Sanskrit: कृपाणी (kṛpāṇī, “dagger”), कृपाण (kṛpāṇa, “sword”)"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Ultimately derived from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). A general word for “to harvest” that had a tendency in some branches to be specialized for the picking of fruit while in others for the reaping of grain.",
"lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
"lang_code": "ine-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kerp-",
"pos": "root",
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{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Indo-European CeRC-shaped roots",
"Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
"Proto-Indo-European roots"
],
"glosses": [
"to pluck, harvest"
],
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"pluck"
],
[
"harvest",
"harvest"
]
],
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"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "kerp-"
}
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