Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *k'ara-, *k'eras-, *k'rās-

Meaning: head

Hittite: harsar n. (r/n) 'Kopf', Luw., h.l. harmahi- id. (Tischler 184ff with doubts); kit-kar 'zu Häupten' (596-597)

Tokharian: B krāñi 'nape of the neck' (Adams 214)

Old Indian: śíraḥ n. (nom., acc. ) `head, skull', gen. śīrṣṇáḥ, abl. śīrṣatáḥ; śīrṣá- n. `head, upper part'

Avestan: sarah- n. 'Kopf'

Armenian: sar `Höhe, Gipfel, Abhang'

Old Greek: kárǟ n. `Kopf', ep. gen. karǟ́atos, dat. -ati, pl. -ara; gen. krǟ́atos/krǟ̂tos, dat. -ati, pl. -ata (old -s-stem); hom. epì kár `auf dem Kopf'; éŋkăro-s 'the brain'; íŋkro-s m. = eŋképhalos Hdn.Gr., Hsch.; aná-kar 'up to or towards the head' (Hp. ap. Hal.); kárǟno-n, pl. -a, äol. karanno-n n. `Haupt, Kopf, Bergsgipfel'; krǟnío-n n. `Schädel, Hirnschale; Kopf', -krǟno-n `Kopf' (epí-, potí- , olé-, kio(nó)etc.), krǟno-kopéō `den Kopf abhauen'

Germanic: *xir-z-n-iá- n., *xir-z-n-án- m., *xír-s-an- m.

Latin: cerebrum, -ī `Gehirn', cervīx, -īcis f. `Nacken, Genick'

Celtic: Bret kern `Scheitel, Wirbel des Kopfes'

Russ. meaning: голова

References: WP I 403 f

Comments: Cf. *k'era(w)-, *k'rū- #487 'horn'