Latin fēmina is analyzed from the suffixed reduced formation *dhē-mnā-.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0818derivationestablished
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fēmina
woman; female
OPEN NODE 813 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed reduced formation · suckle woman formation*dhē-mnā-
woman or nursing female formation
OPEN NODE 814 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The reconstructed formation connects a woman noun to the suckle root without defining modern women by that history.
Comparative morphology, not a dated social definition.
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
established — no additional confidence note is attached.
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CITATION REGISTER
SOURCES ON THIS EDGE
Indo-European Root: dhē(i)-dhē(i)-: suffixed reduced-grade *dhē-mnā- to Latin fēmina
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the reconstructed formation.
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