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scholarly referenceahd-ie-dhghem

Indo-European Root: dhghem-

AUTHOR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
YEAR
2022
PUBLISHER
HarperCollins
DOI
Not recorded
SOURCE TYPE
scholarly reference
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21CANONICAL EDGES
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27COMPARISONS
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7DISPUTES
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RANK 124GRADE Acontext

Humble is an earth word.

Latin humilis, low or humble, is formed from humus, earth or ground, inside the *dhghem- family.

*dhghem-

*dhghem- → humus → humilis → humble → humble → humble

dhghem- humble branch

Places the formation under the earth root.

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RANK 125GRADE Asupports

Human does not descend from humus.

Latin humus and homō are sibling formations under *dhghem-; the English words meet only at reconstructed depth.

*dhghem-

*dhghem- → humus → humus → humus

dhghem- separate humus and homō formations

Publishes the sibling relationship and rejects direct descent by topology.

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RANK 126GRADE Acontext

The groom in bridegroom is a replacement.

Old English brȳdguma contained guma, man; familiar groom replaced opaque gome by folk etymology.

*dhghem-

*dhghem- → *(dh)ghm̥-on- → *gumōn- → guma → brȳdguma → bridegome → brydegrome → bridegroom

dhghem- Germanic earthling formation

Publishes the deep comparative branch.

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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT

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EDGE 830supportsestablished

homō → *(dh)ghom-on-

Latin → Proto-Indo-European · inheritance

SOUND
Latin homō is analyzed from the reconstructed suffixed formation *(dh)ghom-on-.
MEANING
Human being is reconstructed as an earthling formation.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem-: suffixed zero-grade *(dh)ghom-on- to Latin homō

Publishes the earthling formation and Latin reflex.

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EDGE 831supportsestablished

*(dh)ghom-on- → *dhghem-

Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-European · derivation

SOUND
The earthling formation *(dh)ghom-on- is built on *dhghem-, earth.
MEANING
The earth root supplies a human-being formation.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- root heading and earthling formation

Analyzes the human noun formation on the earth root.

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EDGE 832supportsboundary

*dhghem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhghem-.
MEANING
The trail ends where the published comparative root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 845supportsestablished

humus → *dhghem-

Latin → Proto-Indo-European · inheritance

SOUND
Latin humus reflects the Indo-European earth root *dhghem-.
MEANING
Earth and soil preserve the root meaning.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem-: Latin humus from suffixed zero-grade formation

Publishes the sibling earth reflex.

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EDGE 911contextestablished

humilis → humus

Latin → Latin · derivation

SOUND
Latin humilis is formed from humus, earth or ground, with adjectival morphology and vowel adjustment.
MEANING
Near-the-ground or low develops into low in rank and humble.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Merriam-Webster Editors · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem-: humble and humus from the Latin earth branch

Places the adjective inside the earth-root family.

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EDGE 913supportsboundary

*dhghem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhghem-.
MEANING
The humble trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 917supportsboundary

*dhghem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhghem-.
MEANING
The humus trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 922supportsestablished

guma → *gumōn-

Old English → Proto-Germanic · inheritance

SOUND
Old English guma reflects reconstructed Proto-Germanic *gumōn-.
MEANING
The man or human-being sense continues across Germanic.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem-: Old English guma from Germanic *gumōn-

Publishes the Germanic formation.

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EDGE 923supportsestablished

*gumōn- → *(dh)ghm̥-on-

Proto-Germanic → Proto-Indo-European · inheritance

SOUND
Proto-Germanic *gumōn- reflects the suffixed zero-grade formation *(dh)ghm̥-on-.
MEANING
The Germanic man noun is analyzed as an earthling formation.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem-: *gumōn- from suffixed zero-grade *(dh)ghm̥-on-

Publishes the zero-grade earthling formation.

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EDGE 924supportsestablished

*(dh)ghm̥-on- → *dhghem-

Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-European · derivation

SOUND
The earthling formation *(dh)ghm̥-on- is built on *dhghem-, earth.
MEANING
An earth-root formation supplies a human-being noun.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- root heading and earthling formation

Analyzes the human-being formation on the earth root.

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EDGE 925supportsboundary

*dhghem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhghem-.
MEANING
The bridegroom trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 947supportsestablished

χθών → *dh(e)ghom-

Ancient Greek → Proto-Indo-European · inheritance

SOUND
Greek khthōn reflects the Indo-European o-grade *dh(e)ghom-.
MEANING
Earth preserves the root meaning.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- item 2: o-grade *dh(e)ghom- to Greek khthōn

Publishes the exact Greek root formation.

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EDGE 948supportsestablished

*dh(e)ghom- → *dhghem-

Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-European · ablaut formation

SOUND
The o-grade *dh(e)ghom- is a vocalic formation of the earth root *dhghem-.
MEANING
The earth meaning remains stable across the reconstructed formation.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- heading and item 2

Identifies the o-grade as a formation of the earth root.

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EDGE 949supportsestablished

*dhghem- → *dhg̑hem-

Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-European · root extension

SOUND
The appendix identifies *dhg̑hem- as the oldest shape behind centum *dhghem-.
MEANING
The earth field continues at the deepest reviewed level.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- heading: oldest *dhg̑hem- to centum *dhghem-

Publishes the oldest printed root shape.

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EDGE 950supportsboundary

*dhg̑hem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhg̑hem-.
MEANING
The chthonic trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 954supportsestablished

humus → *(dh)ghom-o-

Latin → Proto-Indo-European · inheritance

SOUND
Latin humus reflects the suffixed o-grade formation *(dh)ghom-o-.
MEANING
Earth and soil preserve the reconstructed meaning.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- item 4: *(dh)ghom-o- to Latin humus and exhume

Publishes the exact Latin formation.

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EDGE 955supportsestablished

*(dh)ghom-o- → *dhghem-

Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-European · morphological derivation

SOUND
The suffixed o-grade *(dh)ghom-o- is built on *dhghem-, earth.
MEANING
The earth meaning remains stable.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- root heading and item 4

Analyzes the suffixed o-grade under the earth root.

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EDGE 957supportsboundary

*dhg̑hem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhg̑hem-.
MEANING
The exhume trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 1002supportsboundary

*dhg̑hem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhg̑hem-.
MEANING
The humiliate trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 1013supportsboundary

*dhg̑hem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhg̑hem-.
MEANING
The humility trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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EDGE 1024supportsboundary

*dhg̑hem- → UNKNOWN

Proto-Indo-European → Beyond secure reconstruction · knowledge boundary

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond reviewed *dhg̑hem-.
MEANING
The humiliation trail ends where the published comparative earth root ends.
SCHOLAR / EDITOR
SET-U editorial boundary · Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors
dhghem- entry endpoint

Defines the deepest reviewed comparative horizon.

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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS

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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE

COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES

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bridegroom

human

English / Latin route

deep cousin through a distinct earthling formation under *dhghem-

bridegroom

homage

English / Latin route

Latin homō-family descendant under the same earth root

bridegroom

hombre

Spanish / Latin route

Romance descendant of Latin homō under the same earth root

chthonic

allochthon

English / Greek route

parallel Greek khthōn derivative under *dhghem-

chthonic

autochthon

English / Greek route

parallel Greek khthōn derivative under *dhghem-

chthonic

chameleon

English / Greek route

ground-family relative through Greek khamai, not a chthonic descendant

chthonic

humble

English / Latin route

deep cousin through a separate Latin earth formation

exhume

inhume

English / Latin route

oppositely prefixed Latin humus formation

exhume

transhumance

English / Latin route

Latin humus-family derivative involving movement across ground

exhume

humiliate

English / Latin route

parallel Latin humus and humilis family descendant

human

humus

Latin

sibling earth reflex under *dhghem-, not a direct parent of human

human

humble

English / Latin route

relative through Latin humilis in the earth family

human

homō

Latin

human-being noun behind the Latin adjective family

human

bridegroom

English / Germanic route

unexpected relative through the human-being element altered to groom

humble

human

English / Latin route

deep cousin through a separate earthling formation under *dhghem-

humble

humility

English / Latin route

derivative in the Latin humilis family

humble

humiliate

English / Latin route

later verb in the ground-and-low family

humiliate

humility

English / Latin route

abstract quality noun in the humilis family

humiliate

exhume

English / Latin route

deep cousin through a separately prefixed humus formation

humiliation

humus

English / Latin route

modern soil noun reusing the Latin earth base

humility

humiliate

English / Latin route

verb-family relative through Late Latin humiliare and Latin humilis

humility

humus

English / Latin route

modern soil noun reusing the Latin earth base

humility

exhume

English / Latin route

deep cousin through a separately prefixed humus formation

humus

human

English / Latin route

deep cousin through Latin homō, not a descendant of humus

humus

humble

English / Latin route

relative through Latin humilis from humus

humus

exhume

English / Latin route

prefixed descendant of the Latin earth family

humus

chthonic

English / Greek route

Greek earth-family relative under *dhghem-

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NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS

HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE

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bridegroom10 CLAIM LINKS↗chthonic10 CLAIM LINKS↗exhume9 CLAIM LINKS↗human11 CLAIM LINKS↗humble9 CLAIM LINKS↗humiliate8 CLAIM LINKS↗humiliation6 CLAIM LINKS↗humility8 CLAIM LINKS↗humus9 CLAIM LINKS↗

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