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Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	er-¹
DEFINITION:	To move, set in motion. Oldest form ₁er-.* I. Basic form er-. 1. Probably Germanic ar-, or-, art(a), to be, exist. are¹, art², from Old English eart and aron, second person singular and plural present of bon, to be. 2. Perhaps Germanic suffixed form er-n-os-ti-. earnest¹, from Old English eornoste,* zealous, serious. 3. Uncertain o-grade suffixed form ori-yo-. orient, origin, original; abort, from Latin orr,* to arise, appear, be born. 4. Suffixed o-grade form or-sm-. hormone, from Greek horm,* impulse, onrush. II. Enlarged extended form rei-s-. 1. rise; arise, from Old English rsan,* from Germanic rsan; 2. Suffixed o-grade (causative) form rois-ye-. a. rear², from Old English rran, to rear, raise, lift up; b. raise, from Old Norse reisa, to raise. Both a and b from Germanic raizjan. (Pokorny 3. er-* 326; ergh- 339.)


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