cervus.
stag/deer; forked branches; chevaux-de-frise (spiked barricade against cavalry);
Meaning & usage
red deer, stag, (North America) elk
forked stakes
runaway slave
cheval de frise
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(h₂)wos Proto-Italic *kerwos Latin cervus Inherited from Proto-Italic *kerwos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer(h₂)wos, from *ḱerh₂- + *-wós. Cognate with Proto-Celtic *karwos (“deer”), Ancient Greek κεραός (keraós, “horned”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćr̥Hwás (“horn”). The shift in meaning from “horned” to “deer” may be common Italo-Celtic development, compare English hart.
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