Cognate Set 2168 – Meaning: stone

IE-CoR reference form:
[*carrā-]
IE-CoR reference language:
Celtic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
kʿar [Armenian: Classical] scale: 1
Loan event:
yes
Parallel loan event:
no
Loan source language:
???
Source lexeme in loan source language:
*carrā-
Loan notes:
Apparently a Western European Wanderwort
Justification:
A probable Mediterranean substratum word (Vendryes et al. 1959–1996 C:42-43, cf. also Falileyev 2000:22, Deshayes 2003:373). Perhaps cognate with Armenian kʻar in cognate set 651, but ultimately uncertain. Cf. notes in that class for further discussion. If this is the same substratum word as in Armenian, it is difficult to determine whether this was a single loan event or parallel loan events.
Found in clades:
Celtic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 3 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
154   Old Breton carrec
149   Old Welsh carrecc karreɡ
151   Welsh: North carreg ˈkaraɡ ˈkaraɡ
References
  • Deshayes, Albert: 373
    S.v. Bret. karreg 'rocher' (Old Breton carrec, 1050), corresponding to Cornish carrek, Welsh carreg; Irish carraig is a borrowing from Middle Welsh carric from Welsh. These words go back to Proto-Celtic *kars-ekki-.
  • Falileyev, Alexander: 22
    S.v. Old Welsh carrecc 'stone' (MW carrec, C carrag, OB carrec; cf. MIr. carric), from PIE *kar- 'hart' (cf. IEW 532).
  • Vendryes, Joseph and Bachellery, Edouard and Lambert, Pierre-Yves: C:42-43
    Cf. s.v. OIr. carrac 'roche'. There is no need to posit a root *kar- 'dur' but it's rather a derivative of an Ibero-Mediterranean *carrā 'pierre' which is found, among others in Basque harri 'pierre', Béarnese carroc and with various suffixes in the languages of Western Europe. Cf. also MW carrawc, Modern Welsh carrog 'torrent' (= le ruisseau rempli de cailloux?). Cf. [Pedersen 1909](src-307):23, 83; [IEW](src-49) 532.