Old Norse kærr

← Old French chier (derived)

← Old French cher (mention)

← Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- (derived)

← Proto-Italic *kāros (derived)

← Latin cārus (derived)

← Norman ker (borrowed)

← Norman kier (mention)

← Norman quer (mention)

→ Danish kær (derived)

→ Faroese kærur (derived)

→ Icelandic kær (derived)

→ Norwegian Bokmål kjær (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk kjær (derived)

→ Old Norse kærligr (suffix)

→ Old Norse kærleikr (suffix)

→ Norn kårr (derived)

→ Swedish kär (inherited)