American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd
ed.
*ker- Important derivatives are:
- horn
- cornea
- corner
- cornet
- Capricorn
- unicorn
- hornet
- reindeer
- cranium
- migraine
- cheer
- carrot
- cervix
- carat
- rhinoceros
- cerebrum
Horn, head; with derivatives referring to horned animals, horn-shaped
objects, and projecting parts.
- Zero-grade form *k&rlowangst;-.
Suffixed form *k&rlowangst;-n-.
- horn, (hornbeam), from Old English
horn, horn;
- alpenhorn, althorn, fl|gelhorn,
hornblende, from Old High German horn, horn.
Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic
*hurnaz;
- corn[2], cornea, corneous, corner, cornet,
corniculate, cornu;bicornuate, Capricorn, cornification,
lamellicorn, longicorn, tricorn,
unicorn, from Latin cornu, horn.
- Suffixed and extended form *k&rlowangst;s-n-.
hornet, from Old English hyrnet, hornet, from
Germanic *hurznuta-.
- Suffixed form *kr-ei-.
- reindeer, from Old
Norse hreinn, reindeer, from Germanic
*hraina-;
- rinderpest, from Old High German hrind,
ox, from Germanic *hrinda-.
- Suffixed extended
form
*k&rlowangst;<e>s-no-. cranium;
migraine, olecranon, from Greek
kranion, skull, upper part of the head.
- Suffixed form *k&rlowangst;-<e>-.
-
charivari; cheer, from Greek kare,
kara, head;
- carotid, from Greek
karoun, to stupefy, be stupefied (< ``to feel
heavy-headed'');
- carrot, from Greek karoton, carrot (from
its hornlike shape).
Possibly extended form *kri-.
criosphinx, from Greek krios, ram.
- Suffixed form *ker-wo-. cervine, serval,
from Latin cervus, deer. cervix, from
Latin cervix, neck.
- Extended and suffixed form *keru-do-.
- hart, from Old English heorot, hart,
stag;
- hartebeest, from Middle Dutch
- hert,
deer, hart.
Both a and b from Germanic
*herutaz.
- Extended form *ker<e>s-.
- carat, cerastes, kerato-; ceratodus,
chelicera, cladoceran, keratin,
Monoceros, rhinoceros, triceratops, from
Greek keras, horn.
- sirdar, from Persian
sar, head.
- Suffixed form *ker<e>s-ro.
cerebellum, cerebrum, saveloy, from
Latin cerebrum, brain.
- Extended o-grade form *koru-. corymb, from
Greek korumbos, uppermost point (< ``head'').
coryphaeus, from Greek koruphe, head.
- Suffixed form *koru-do-. corydalis, from
Greek korudos, crested lark.
- Suffixed form *koru-na. corynebacterium, from
Greek korune, club, mace.
Source: Pokorny 1.
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