karst

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(Englisch)

A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kɑːst/

Verwandt mit Italienisch

carso

In summary

Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) are from Proto-Slavic *korsъ, from Italo-Dalmatian carsus (cf. Italian carso), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“hard; rock”). More at Karst. The metathesis in the Slovene term precludes German borrowing from Slovene.