ker-
an unstressed syllable prefixed to onomatopoeic and other expressive words, usually forming adverbs or interjections: kerflop; kerplunk; ker-splosh.
Origin of ker-
perhaps < Scots dialect
car-, cur-, currie- (as in
carfuffle, carwhuffle to disarrange,
carnaptious irritable,
curriebuction a confused gathering, etc.), based on
car, earlier
ker left (hand or side) < Scots Gaelic
cearr wrong, awkward, left-handed (compare MIr
cerr crooked, maimed); variants without
r probably reflect forms in r-less dialects