Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ker-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

*ker-^[1]

1. army

• *kor-os
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: kãras
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Iranian:
      • Old Persian: 𐎣𐎠𐎼 (k-a-r /⁠kāra⁠/, “people of war, army”)
        • ⇒ Middle Persian: kʾlwʾn' (/⁠kārawān⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠kārazār⁠/, “battle”)
          • Classical Persian: کارزار (kārzār)
• *kor-yos
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latvian: karš
    • Lithuanian: kãrias
    • Old Prussian: kargis
  • Proto-Celtic: *koryos
    • Old Irish: cuire
      • Irish: cuire
    • Welsh: cordd
  • Proto-Germanic: *harjaz (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ *kor-yo-nos
    • Proto-Germanic: *harjanaz
      • Old Norse: Herjann
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: κοίρανος (koíranos)