Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *kaząScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_kazą
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*kʷaryoscauldron*kʷer-bowl, vessel
nounneutera-stemvessel, vat, tub, barrelOf 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’).