Old English cyrf

← Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (cognate)

← German kerben (cognate)

← West Frisian kerve (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *kerbaną (derived)

← Proto-West Germanic *kerban (inherited)

← Ancient Greek γράφειν (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (derived)

← Low German karven (cognate)

← Dutch kerven (cognate)

← Old Prussian gīrbin (cognate)

→ English kerf (inherited)

→ German Kerbe (cognate)

→ Middle English kerf (inherited)