The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kerp-
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*harbistaz“harvest-time, autumn, fall”
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*harbist
- Old English · inherited fromhærfest“autumn, harvest-time; August”
- Middle English · inherited fromharvest
- English todayharvest
From Middle English harvest, hervest, from Old English hærfest (“autumn, harvest-time; August”), from Proto-West Germanic *harbist, from Proto-Germanic *harbistaz (“harvest-time, autumn, fall”), from *harbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kerp-. Cognates Cognate with Sylt North Frisian Hārefst, West Frisian hjerst, Dutch herfst, German Herbst, dated German Low German Harvst, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høst, Norwegian Nynorsk haust; further with Latin carpere (“to seize”), Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”), κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*kerp- all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.