Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaʀ

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kazą.

Noun

*kaʀ n

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kaʀ
Genitive	*kaʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kaʀ	*kaʀu
Accusative	*kaʀ	*kaʀu
Genitive	*kaʀas	*kaʀō
Dative	*kaʀē	*kaʀum
Instrumental	*kaʀu	*kaʀum

Related terms

*kaʀjō

Derived terms

*bijakaʀ

Descendants

Old English: *cær
- ⇒? Old English: *buncær (first element uncertain)
  - Early Scots: bonker, bunkur, bunker (possibly)
    - Scots: bunker
    - → English: bunker
Old Saxon: *kar
- Middle Low German: kar, kare
Old Dutch: *kar
- Middle Dutch: car, care, caer
  - Dutch: kaar
Old High German: kar
- Middle High German: kar
  - German: Kar (see there for further descendants)

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