| 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: | ghwer- |
| DEFINITION: | Wild beast. Oldest form * hwer-, becoming *ghwer- in centum languages. 1. Suffixed form *ghwer-o-. feral, ferine, fierce, from Latin ferus, wild. 2. Compound *ghwero- kw-, “of wild aspect” (*-kw-, “-looking”; see okw-). ferocious, from Latin fer x (stem ferc-), fierce. 3. Lengthened-grade form *ghw r-. treacle; baluchithere, chalicothere, dinothere, eutherian, indricothere, megathere, theropod, from Greek thr, wild beast. (Pokorny h  r- 493.) |
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