kerven
Middle English
/ˈkɛrvən/
verb
Definitions
- To cut or stab; to slash as to cause cutting or stabbing:
- To carve; to carve into or in the likeness of.
- To divide or separate; to split up.
- To eliminate or destroy; to take away.
- To go across; to exist across.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ċeorfan inherited from *kerban inherited from Proto-Germanic *kerbaną (carve).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kerbaną
Gloss
carve
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becarve English
- carvable English
- carve English
- carveable English
- carven English
- carveout English
- carver English
- carvery English
- forcarve English
- overcarve English
- recarve English
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *kerbaną Proto-Germanic
- *kurbanaz Proto-Germanic
- beceorfan Old English
- ceorfan Old English
- cyrf Old English
- forceorfan Old English
- foreceorfan Old English
- forċeorfan Old English
- ymbceorfan Old English
- ċeorfan Old English
- forkerven Middle English
- kerver Middle English
- kërben Middle High German
- *kerban gmw-pro
- *kervan Old Dutch
- kervan Old Saxon