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*kar(ə)-

(Indo-European Root)

Meanings

1.
praising with a loud voice
(I couldn't find any mentions of English relatives for this root, except a few names.)

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Root: *kar(ə)-

The original idea of this root was:

praising, lauding with a loud voice

Old English had a few words from that family, too, that were focused on lauding, but they disappeared. The only leftovers are names, most famous among them Rudolf, which originally meant something like famous wolf.

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