Proto-IE: *karn-/-e-
Meaning: handle
Old Indian: {kárṇa- m. `ear; handle of a vessel; helm or rudder of a ship'}
Celtic: Cymr carn `Handhabe, Griff'
Russ. meaning: рукоять
References: WP I 412
Comments: In Ind. - a contamination with *k(ʷ)Arn- q.v.; differently in Pok. 938-947.