English

karrenfeld

Karrenfeld comes from German Karrenfeld.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of Karre ‘cart, barrow’ + -n- + Feld ‘field’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- ‘to run’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós ‘vehicle, literally runner’

Proto-Celtic *karros ‘wagon’

Gaulish *karros ‘wagon’

Latin carrus ‘cart’

Old Saxon karra

Middle High German karre ‘cart’

Middle Low German karre

German Karre ‘cart, barrow’

Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to approach’

Proto-Germanic *felþą

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old High German fëld

Middle High German vëlt

German Feld ‘field’

Every English word from German Karrenfeld

noun An area of limestone that has been eroded into furrows and fissures

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.