cair

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kaurijaną“to turn, sweep”
2. Old Norse · derived fromkeyra“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”
3. Middle English · inherited fromcairen
4. English todaycair

From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.