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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European suffixed o-grade formation · watching o grade formation

*wor-to-

watching; guarding formation

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Proto-Indo-European root · perceive watch root

*wer-³

to perceive; watch out for

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

The suffixed o-grade *wor-to- is analyzed under *wer-³.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Perceiving and watching supply the guard formation.

CHRONOLOGY

No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.

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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