Latin candēre is derived from a zero-grade stative formation of reconstructed *(s)kend-.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0370inheritanceprobable
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candēre
to shine; glow; be white
OPEN NODE 39 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European prehistory · shine make shine*(s)kend-
to shine or make shine
OPEN NODE 401 ↗01
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Shining, gleaming, and whiteness retain the reconstructed brightness core.
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probable — The form is reconstructed and the graph also preserves an older proposed *kand- route.
reviewed
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Candid — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: Indo-European *(s)kend- analysis
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the zero-grade stative derivation and comparative brightness family.
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