- (k̂ered-:) k̂erd-, k̂ērd-, k̂r̥d-, k̂red-
- (k̂ered-:) k̂erd-, k̂ērd-, k̂r̥d-, k̂red-English meaning: heartDeutsche Übersetzung: “Herz”Material: Arm. sirt, instr. srti-v “heart” (*k̂ērdi-); Gk. καρδίᾱ (Att.), κραδίη (Hom.), κάρζα (Lesb.), κορίζᾱ (Cypr.) “heart; stomach; Mark bei Pflanzen” (*k̂r̥d(i̯)a), poet. κῆρ, -ος n. “heart” (*k̂ērd); κέαρ neologism after ἔαρ : ἦρος; Maybe Alb. (*kardia) kërthizë “navel, center of the body”, kërthi “baby” Lat. cor (from *cord), cordis “heart”, con-cors, -dis “einträchtig”, dis-cors “zwieträchtig”; O.Ir. cride n., Ir. croidhe “heart, Withte”, Welsh craidd “Withtelpunkt”, Corn. cre(y)s, Bret. kreiz “Withte” (das Ir. läßt sich from *k̂redi̯om or *k̂r̥di̯om define, assumed, daß die dunkle coloring the anlaut. Konsonanz explanation findet (after crú “blood”?); die Brit. forms verlangen against it eine basic form *k̂redi̯om); Goth. haírto, O.H.G. herza, O.E. heorte, O.N. hjarta n. “heart” (*k̂ē̆rd-on-); Lith. širdì s f. (older m.), acc. šì rdį “heart, Kern, Mark from Bäumen”; Ltv. sir̂ds f. (older m.) “heart” and ser̂de f. “Mark, Kern in wood” (basic forms *šé rd- and šir̃ d-, compare den altengen. sg. širdé s and gen. pl. širdú ̨ , die auf IE *k̂erdés and *k̂erdṓ m based on; see Trautmann Bal.-Slav. Wb. 302); O.Pruss. seyr n. (*kērd), to m. o-stem extended sīras, acc. sīran “heart”; akl. srъdьce, Serb. sȑce “heart”; zero grade O.C.S. srěda “Withte” (*serda), Russ. seredá ds.; Hitt. ka-ra-az (karts) “heart”, gen. kar-di-aš (Pedersen Hitt. 41). Maybe Alb. kredh “immerse, dive” Not here (but to M.Ir. cretair “ relic “) IE k̂red-dhē- “ witchcraft whereupon place, believe, trust” in O.Ind. śrád-dadhüti “vertraut, glaubt” (apart, separated still e.g. śrád asmüi dhatta “glaubet an ihn!”), śrad-dhü “reliance”, Av. zrazdü- “believe” (from *srazdü- through folk etymology support in zǝrǝd- “heart”); Maybe Luvian: UZUzƒrt-English meaning: “heart” Attestations: [N-ASg] UZUza-a-ar-za: 16 i 7*(?); XXXII 7,12. [D-LSg] za-ar-ti-: 133 ii 4. Alb. (*za-a-ar-ma) zemra “heart” : Hieroglyphic Luvian zar-za “heart”, zart- “heart” (with loss of nasal before dental stop) : Av. zrazdü- “believe” (Melchert, 1987:197-198; MA:262-263)] (Sapir, 1936:263, VW:235; H:100). Lat. crēdō “glaube” (*krezdō-, IE *k̂red-dhē-); O.Ir. cretim “glaube”, Welsh credaf ds. (not *crethaf, hence previously late zur festen composition geworden), Corn. crežy, M.Bret. cridiff, Bret. credi “believe”; in addition O.Ir.cretar, M.Welsh creir, Welsh crair (*kredrü) “ relic “. rhyme word to k̂er(e)d- is ĝhērd-, ĝhr̥d-, only Aryan, in O.Ind. hr̥d “heart”, etc.References: WP. I 423 f, WH. I 272 f., 286 f., 857, 858; Vendryes RC 40, 436.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.