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Indo-European Root: dhē(i)-
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- scholarly reference
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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Does the suckle root give the true modern definition of female?
No. It is a proposed comparative analysis of the Latin word’s deep formation, not a timeless or prescriptive definition of people.
dhē(i)- reconstructed formation to Latin fēminaShows that the claim concerns comparative word formation.
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fēmina → *dhē-mnā-
Latin → Proto-Indo-European · derivation
- SOUND
- Latin fēmina is analyzed from the suffixed reduced formation *dhē-mnā-.
- MEANING
- The reconstructed formation connects a woman noun to the suckle root without defining modern women by that history.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhē(i)-: suffixed reduced-grade *dhē-mnā- to Latin fēminaPublishes the reconstructed formation.
*dhē-mnā- → *dheh₁(i)-
Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-European · derivation
- SOUND
- Reconstructed *dhē-mnā- is built on the oldest root form *dheh₁(i)-.
- MEANING
- The formation specializes the root meaning to suck or suckle.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhē(i)- heading: oldest form *dheh1(i)-Publishes the oldest root and its relationship to the suffixed formation.
*dheh₁(i)- → UNKNOWN
Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary
- SOUND
- No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dheh₁(i)-.
- MEANING
- The trail ends where the published comparative root ends.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- SET-U editorial boundary
dhē(i)- entry endpointDefines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.
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Indo-European linguistic horizon
Publishes the reconstructed stages.
dhē(i)- root and *dhē-mnā- formation · uncertainNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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