carrey

noun

Meaning

friend

Etymology / origin

From Middle Irish cara (“friend, relation”) (compare Irish cara, Scottish Gaelic caraid), from Old Irish carae (“friend, relation”), from Proto-Celtic *karants (“friend”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros (“dear”) (compare Latin cārus, English charity, whore).

charity(English)→
cārus(la)→
*kéh₂ros(ine-pro)→
*karants(cel-pro)→
carae(Old Irish)→
caraid(Scottish Gaelic)→
cara(Irish)→
cara(Middle Irish)→
carrey (Manx)
Relations: inh, cog, cog, inh, inh, der, cog, cog

Related words

cara(Middle Irish)cara(Irish)caraid(Scottish Gaelic)carae(Old Irish)*karants(cel-pro)*kéh₂ros(ine-pro)cārus(la)charity(English)kar(Cornish)

Descendant words

kar(Cornish) (cog)
cara(Irish) (cog)
caraid(Scottish Gaelic) (cog)

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