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rēg-

king stem used outside the nominative singular

DESCENDS FROM→

king or ruler formation

THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

SOUND CHANGE

Latin rēg- reflects the reconstructed Indo-European lengthened king grade *rēg-.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The ruler or king formation remains the lexical center while the attested Latin stem is separated from its reconstructed comparative parent.

CHRONOLOGY

Latin is attested; the parent grade is reconstructed.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Norvin W. Richards

CONFIDENCE

established — The macron is shared notation, but only the Proto-Indo-European node carries an asterisk.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

CITATION REGISTER

S01

Indo-European Root reg-reg-, lengthened-grade *rēg- and Latin rēx

Publishes the Indo-European king grade and Latin reflex.

supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗

S02

Lecture 23: Historical Linguistics — Latin rēx, rēgis, and sound changeLecture slides 74–78

Supplies the internally visible Latin stem rēg- on the attested side of the comparison.

contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗

EDITORIAL REUSE

rēg- → *rēg-