carina.
keel, bottom of ship, hull; boat, ship, vessel; voyage; half walnut shell;
Meaning & usage
keel or hull of a ship
ship
half of a walnut shell
Where this word comes from
Cognate with Welsh ceri (“stone of a fruit”) and Ancient Greek κάρυον (káruon, “nut”). The earliest attested meaning is "ship's keel", though whether the original meaning was "keel" or "walnut shell" is unclear. The further origin is disputed: * Borrowed from a European substrate, whence also the Welsh and Greek terms. Alternatively, borrowed from Greek, itself borrowed from said substrate. * From a Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“hard”), and compared further to cancer (“crab”). * From Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top”).
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