Proto-IE: *kert-
Meaning: to cut
Hittite: kartai- (I) 'abschneiden, beseitigen' (Tischler 532 f)
Tokharian: B kertte 'sword' (Adams 197)
Old Indian: kr̥ntáti, kártati, ptc. kr̥tta- `to cut, cut off'; kartana- n. `cutting off, excision', kartá- m. `distinction'
Avestan: kǝrǝntaiti `schneidet; schindet; operiert', karǝta- `Messer'
Other Iranian: NPers kārd `Messer'
Old Greek: kormó-s m. `abgehauenes Stück, Klotz, Rumpf'
Albanian: ḱeɵ `schere'
Russ. meaning: резать
References: WP II 573 f
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