English
korr
Korr comes from Breton korr ‘dwarf, gnome, sprite’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *korros.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*korrosreconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*korr‘dwarf, pygmy, stunted individual’reconstructed
- Old Bretonmoderncorr
- xbmmodernsame form
- Bretonmodernkorr‘dwarf, gnome, sprite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*korrosreconstructed
- Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*korr‘dwarf, pygmy, stunted individual’reconstructed
- Old Bretonmoderncorr
- xbmmodernsame form
- Bretonmodernkorr‘dwarf, gnome, sprite’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850same form
Earliest quotation: 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “The woman does as directed: the Korr asks what…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- ‘short’
Today it means
noun A korred.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *korros / korr