*kazą

Runic: ᚲᚨᛉᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈkɑ.zɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

vessel, vat, tub, barrel

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Germanic *kas- (‘to throw, toss, raise, bring up’), itself of uncertain origin (see also *kastōną (‘to throw’)), though Kroonen rejects this on phonetic grounds. Other theories connecting the word to Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (‘bowl, vessel’) (whence Proto-Germanic *hweraz (‘kettle’) and Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos (‘cauldron’)) are semantically attractive, but phonetically impossible via inherited sound laws (thus, if related, a borrowing must have taken place).

Orel prefers to take the root as a cultural loanword, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kaʔs- (‘beaker, goblet’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kazą	kazō
Acc.	kazą	kazō
Gen.	kazas, kazis	kazǫ̂
Dat.	kazai	kazamaz
Inst.	kazō	kazamiz
Voc.	kazą	kazō

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Descendants

*kaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kar (Old Dutch)
  - car, care, caer (Middle Dutch)
    - kaar (Dutch)
*kaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *cær (Old English)
  - *buncær (Old English)
    - bonker, bunkur, bunker (Early Scots)
      - bunker (English)
      - bunker (Scots)
*kaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- kar (Old High German)
  - kar (Middle High German)
    - Kar (German)
*kaʀ (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kar (Old Saxon)
  - kar, kare (Middle Low German)
ker (Old Norse)
- ker (Faroese)
- ker (Icelandic)
- kjer (Norwegian Bokmål)
- kjer (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ker (Old Norse)
- kar (Old Danish)
  - kar (Danish)
    - kar (Faroese)
    - kar (Icelandic)
    - kar (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - kar (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ker (Old Norse)
- kar (Old Swedish)
  - kar (Swedish)
𐌺𐌰𐍃 (kas) (Gothic)
*kārē (Proto-Samic)

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