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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · spoken unit noun

*wurdam

word; something spoken

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed zero grade · spoken unit formation

*wr̥-dho-

something spoken; word

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Germanic *wurdam reflects the zero-grade *wr̥-dho- formation with inherited Germanic nominal development.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The reconstructed spoken-unit noun remains the source of the Germanic word family.

CHRONOLOGY

Comparative reconstruction; no single transmission date is claimed.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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Indo-European Root wer-5wer-5, section 1: *wr-dho- to Germanic *wurdam

Publishes the zero-grade formation and Germanic reflex.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

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*wurdam → *wr̥-dho-

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