carr

carr · noun¹

1. Old Norse · derived fromkjarr
2. Middle English · derived fromcarr
3. Middle English · derived fromkerr
4. English todaycarr

From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.

carr · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kh₂er-“hard”
2. Cumbric · derived from*carreg
3. Old English · derived fromcarr
4. English todaycarr

From Northumbrian Old English carr; possibly adopted from a Cumbric *carreg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

Carr · proper noun³

* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr. * As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey. * Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”)) * Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).

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