Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/karilaz

Etymology
A diminutive of (but a Proto-Indo-European l-stem according to Kroonen 2013 ). Probably from and related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) free man
 * 2) little man, young man

Descendants
Some descendants seem to indicate that the word lost its middle syllable (*karlaz), a common change across the Germanic languages.