English
kaross
Kaross comes from Khoekhoe karo.s ‘dried skin’.
- Khoekhoemodernkaro.s‘dried skin’
- Afrikaansmodernkaros
- Englishearliest quotation 1878kaross
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Khoekhoemodernkaro.s‘dried skin’
- Afrikaansmodernkaros
- Englishearliest quotation 1878kaross
Earliest quotation: 1878, "The Caracal" in the Encyclopædia Britan, Vol. V: “In South Africa, where the caracal abounds, its hide…”
Every English word from Khoekhoe karo.s
Today it means
noun A treated animal-skin cloak or blanket with the hair still left on.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Khoekhoe karo.s / kaross