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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed full grade · spoken unit formation

*wer-dho-

something spoken; word

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European speaking root · speak root

*werh₁-

speak

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Full-grade *wer- combines with the reconstructed *-dho- suffix.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The speaking root becomes a nominal formation for something spoken.

CHRONOLOGY

Both forms are reconstructed.

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

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

S01
Indo-European Root wer-5wer-5 heading and section 2

Analyzes the suffixed full-grade form under the speaking root.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 595adverb

*wer-dho- → *werh₁-

OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 602proverb

*wer-dho- → *werh₁-

OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 582verb

*wer-dho- → *werh₁-

OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 588verbal

*wer-dho- → *werh₁-

OPEN DOSSIER ↗RELATION / 607verbatim

*wer-dho- → *werh₁-

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