Reflexes of Proto-Indo-European Stops PIE Root......Gloss Latin Borrowing ☜ Greek Borrowing ☜ English * *bher .........‘carry’ f b h f f b d g v b bear d red g greedy g gun b burn p puff t tooth k kin k come kʷ queen *reudh ..........‘red’ *gher ......... ‘want’ *ghʷen..... ‘attack’ *ghʷer...........‘hot’ *beu...........‘swell’ *dent .........‘tooth’ *gen.......... ‘beget’ *gʷā..... ‘come/go’ ferō fertile rubeus ruby hortārī exhort defendere defense fornax furnace bullīre boil dentis dental gentis gentle *ten ........ ‘stretch’ *kerd ......... ‘heart’ *kʷel...... ‘revolve’ θ θερµοϛ thermos β βουβων bubonic δ οδοντοϛ mastodont γ γονοϛ gonad venīre venture γ *gʷen..... ‘woman’ *ped.............‘foot’ ϕ ϕερω metaphor θ ερυθρος erythrocyte χ χαρις charisma p t c c pedis pedal tendere tense cordis cordial colere culture γυνη gynecology π ποδοϛ tripod τ τονοϛ tone κ καρδια cardiac κ κυκλα cycle f foot θ thin h wh heart wheel * As a Germanic language, English shows fossils of Grimm’s Law. ☞ This column does not contain glosses for the Latin or Greek words, but rather English words borrowed from them.
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