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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | dher- |
| DEFINITION: | To hold firmly, support.
Derivatives include infirmary and throne.
1. Suffixed form *dher-mo-. farm, fermata, firm1, firm2, firmament; affirm, confirm, furl, infirm, infirmary, from Latin firmus, firm, strong. 2. Perhaps extended form *dhergh-, seen by some as the source of Latin fortis, strong, but this is more likely from bhergh-2. 3. Suffixed zero-grade form *dhr-ono-. throne, from Greek thronos, seat, throne (< “support”). 4. Suffixed form *dher-m . dharma, from Sanskrit dharma, statute, law (< “that which is established firmly”). 5. Suffixed form *dher-eno-. dharna, from Prakrit dhara a, a holding firm. 6. Suffixed o-grade form *dhor-o-. sirdar, tahsildar, zamindar, from Iranian d ra-, holding, whence Persian -dr. (Pokorny 2. dher- 252.) |
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