Proto-Germanic

*karilaz

‘free man’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, most familiar first.

• carl ← karl ← *ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ
• karl ← *ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ
• churlish ← cherlisch ← ċeorlisċ ← ċeorl ← *karil
• carolin ← Carolus
• churl ← churle ← ċeorl ← *kerl
• ceorl ← *karil
• churlishness ← *churlischnesse ← ċeorlisċnes ← ċeorlisċ ← ċeorl
• hákarl ← karl ← ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *karilaz