Dutch kerven

← Middle Dutch kerven (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *kerbaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *kerban (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (root)

← Old Dutch *kervan (inherited)

→ English carve (cognate)

→ Old English cyrf (cognate)

→ Dutch inkerving (affix)

→ Dutch kerfdier (affix)

→ Dutch afkerven (compound)

→ Dutch doorkerven (prefix)

→ Dutch doorkerven (compound)

→ Dutch kerfstok (compound)

→ Dutch verkerven (prefix)

→ Sranan Tongo kerfi (borrowed)