chare

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gers-“to turn, bend”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*karzijaną“to turn, sweep”
3. Old English · inherited fromċierr
4. Middle English · inherited fromchare
5. English todaychare

From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.

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