Etymology

kraal

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Today it means: In Central and Southern Africa, a small rural community. Full definition →

Dutch kraa ← Portuguese curra ← Old Galician-Portuguese curral
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱers-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥sós
  3. Proto-Italic*korzos
  4. Vulgar Latincurrus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Vulgar Latin*currālis?
  8. Old Galician-Portuguesecurral
  9. Portuguesecurra
  10. Dutchkraa
  11. English todaykraal

From colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral. Doublet of corral.

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