kærr

See also: kärr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Old Northern French ker, kier, quer (Old French chier, cher), from Latin cārus (“dear”), from Proto-Italic *kāros, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (“to desire, to wish”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /kɛːrː/

Adjective

kærr (comparative kærari, superlative kærastr)

  1. dear

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: kær
  • Faroese: kærur
  • Norn: kårr
  • Norwegian: kjær
  • Old Swedish: kær
  • Danish: kær

References
  1. kjær, ordbok.uib.no
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