英语词汇“Indo-European root: gher-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: gher-

释义

‌‌gher-¹
To grasp, enclose; with derivatives meaning "enclosure." Oldest form *g̑her‑, becoming *gher‑ in centum languages.
Derivatives include orchard, kindergarten, courteous, choir, and choral.

Suffixed zero-grade form *ghr̥-dh‑.
1. gird¹, girt¹, from Old English gyrdan, to gird, from Germanic *gurdjan;
2. girdle, from Old English gyrdel, girdle;
3. girth, from Old Norse gjördh, girdle, girth.
Suffixed o-grade form *ghor-to‑ or (in Germanic) *ghor-dho‑, an enclosure.
1. 1. yard²; orchard, from Old English geard, enclosure, garden, yard;
  2. garth; Asgard, from Old Norse gardhr, enclosure, garden, yard;
  3. kindergarten, from Old High German garto, garden;
  4. garden, jardinière, from Old North French gart, garden;
  5. hangar, from Old French hangard, shelter, possibly from Germanic *haimgardaz (*haimaz, home; see tkei-);
  6. Germanic compound *midja-gardaz (see medhyo-). (i)-(vi) all from Germanic *gardaz.
2. horticulture, ortolan, from Latin hortus, garden.
Prefixed and suffixed zero-grade form *ko(m)-ghr̥-ti‑ (*ko(m)‑, collective prefix, "together"; see kom). cohort, cortege, court, courteous, courtesan, courtesy, courtier, curtilage, curtsy, from Latin cohors (stem cohort‑), enclosed yard, company of soldiers, multitude.
Perhaps suffixed o-grade form *ghor-o‑. carol, choir, choral, chorale, choric, chorister, chorus, hora; choragus, Terpsichore, from Greek khoros, dancing ground (? perhaps originally a special enclosure for dancing), dance, dramatic chorus.

[Pokorny 4. g̑her‑ 442, g̑herdh‑ 444.]

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