Proto-West Germanic

*karil

‘free peasant, churl’

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

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *karil, most familiar first.

• churlish ← cherlisch ← ċeorlisċ ← ċeorl
• ceorl
• churlishness ← *churlischnesse ← ċeorlisċnes ← ċeorlisċ ← ċeorl

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *karil