| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | gher - |
| DEFINITION: | Gut, entrail. Oldest form * her2-, becoming *gher2- in centum languages. 1. Suffixed form *gher-no-. yarn, from Old English gearn, yarn, from Germanic *garn , string. 2. Suffixed form *gher-n-. hernia, from Latin hernia, “protruded viscus,” rupture, hernia. 3. Suffixed o-grade form *ghor-d-. chord2, cord, cordon; harpsichord, hexachord, tetrachord, from Greek khord , gut, string. 4. O-grade form *ghor-. chorion, from Greek khorion, intestinal membrane, afterbirth. 5. Possible suffixed zero-grade form *gh -u-. haruspex, from Latin haruspex, “he who inspects entrails,” diviner (-spex, “he who sees”; see spek-), but perhaps borrowed from Etruscan. (Pokorny 5. her- 443.) |
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