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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | dhghem- |
| DEFINITION: | Earth. Oldest form *dh hem-, becoming *dhghem- in centum languages.
Derivatives include bridegroom, chameleon, and homicide.
1. Suffixed zero-grade form *(dh)gh -on-, “earthling.” bridegroom, from Old English guma, man, from Germanic *gum n-. 2. O-grade form *dh(e)ghom-. chthonic; autochthon, from Greek khthn, earth. 3. Zero-grade form *dhgh-. chamaephyte, chameleon, chamomile, germander, from Greek khamai, on the ground. 4. Suffixed o-grade form *(dh)ghom-o-. humble, humiliate, humility, humus1, omerta; exhume, inhume, transhumance, from Latin humus, earth. 5. Suffixed o-grade form *(dh)ghom-on-, “earthling.” a. homage, hombre1, hominid, homo1, homunculus, ombre; bonhomie, homicide, from Latin hom, human being, man; b. human, humane, from Latin h m nus, human, kind, humane (in part from dhghem-). 6. Suffixed form *(dh)ghem-y-. chernozem, sierozem, zemstvo, from Old Russian zem , land, earth. 7. Full-grade form *(dh)ghem-. zamindar, from Persian zam n, earth, land. (Pokorny h em- 414.) |
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