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mother — a cognate across the family (PIE *mehter-)
cognate
The word for 'mother', one etymon descending down several branches and meeting at the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *mehter-. Reflexes (attested): italic: mater; hellenic: meter; indo-iranian: matr; germanic: mother; balto-slavic: mate. The Germanic form follows no Grimm shift on m; t -> th medially: mater -> mother. The reflexes are attested; *mehter- is a reconstruction (a postulate, not sealed). This cognate is where the branches that carry it connect.
source
the comparative method; cognate sets of Indo-European · stick_grimm_s_law_a_regular_sound_correspondence_verified
card id
card_cognate_mother
address
WIT.codex.FCT/mother/REF.WITNESSED@the-comparative-method-c
adjoining cards
- builds on → Italic — a branch of Indo-European — mother: the italic reflex mater
- builds on → Hellenic — a branch of Indo-European — mother: the hellenic reflex meter
- builds on → Indo-Iranian — a branch of Indo-European — mother: the indo-iranian reflex matr
- builds on → Germanic — a branch of Indo-European — mother: the germanic reflex mother
- builds on → Balto-Slavic — a branch of Indo-European — mother: the balto-slavic reflex mate
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